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Æ23 - Antoninus Pius ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕωΝ Ε
| Issuer | Zeugma |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕωΝ Ε |
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Zeugma, one of the most strategically vital crossings on the Euphrates, served as a permanent base for the Legio IV Scythica and functioned as the primary Roman gateway into Syria and beyond. The city's civic coinage under Antoninus Pius reflects a period of unusual stability along the eastern frontier — no major Parthian conflict erupted during his reign, an almost anomalous stretch of calm for a garrison city that spent most of its history braced for war.
The BMC Greek #7 attribution places this piece among the earliest documented specimens of Zeugmatene civic bronze, a series that remains thinly studied relative to the city's obvious historical weight.