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Æ23 - Gordian III ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Saitta (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Μ (Translation: Gordianus Emperor Caesar Marcus) |
| Reverse description | Heracles, nude and muscular, shown in right-facing composition wrestling the Nemean lion in the first of his canonical labours; the hero grapples the beast with both arms in a powerful clinch, the lion's body pressed against him. The reverse type reflects the civic pride of Saitta in its mythological imagery, a subject common to Lydian provincial bronzes of the Severan and Gordian periods. The ethnic legend of the Saittians is disposed around the figural group in the field. |
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