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Æ23 - Elagabalus ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Sardes (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#4495 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Mên standing facing with head turned to the left, wearing a crescent on his shoulders, the distinctive attribute of the lunar deity. The god holds a pine cone in one hand and a long sceptre in the other. The composition is set within a dotted border, with the legend distributed around the field in the standard provincial arrangement. |
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Sardis held the neokorate — the honor of maintaining an imperial cult temple — multiple times, and the Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ legend on this issue proudly advertises the city's third such grant. These titles were fiercely competed for among the great cities of Asia Minor, carrying real economic and political weight: they attracted festival traffic, pilgrims, and imperial favor. Sardis had to fight hard against rival Smyrna and Ephesus for each recognition.
Elagabalus's reign lasted just four years before the Praetorian Guard murdered him at eighteen.