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Æ23 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ Λ ΤΥ (Π) ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕ (Ν) (Ρ may be shaped as Ϸ)

Issuer Temenothyrae (Conventus of Sardis)
Year 138-161
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Youthful draped bust of the personified Roman Senate facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Lydian civic coinage under Antoninus Pius. The effigy displays idealized, slightly laureate features with drapery visible at the shoulder. The legend encircles the bust in the field, identifying the type as the Sacred Senate. Surface patination and die wear are consistent with hammered bronze fabric of the mid-second century AD.
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Reverse description Standing figure of the lunar deity Mên facing left, wearing the characteristic Phrygian cap, depicted in full-length robes. He holds a pine cone in one outstretched hand and a long sceptre in the other; a crescent moon appears behind his shoulders, serving as his principal divine attribute. The composition is typical of the Phrygian-Lydian cult of Mên as represented on provincial bronzes of the Antonine period. The encircling Greek legend names the local magistrate Lucius Tullius and the civic community of the Temenothyraeans.
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