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Æ23 - Gordian III ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, presented in three-quarter frontal view, the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The imperial effigy is rendered in the characteristic provincial style of the Milesian conventus, with the radiate wreath and military dress conveying both divine and martial authority. The encircling Greek legend names the emperor with his full titulature, running around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus, the principal deity venerated at Magnesia ad Maeandrum, depicted standing to the left in full figure, clad in a long chiton and himation. In his outstretched right hand he holds a cantharus, the wine-cup emblematic of his divine domain, while his left hand grasps a long thyrsus, the fennel-staff wreathed with ivy that is his canonical attribute. The ethnic legend ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ curves around the field, affirming the civic identity of the issuing mint. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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