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Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΜΕΓΑΡΕωΝ
| Issuer | Megara (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΓΑΡΕωΝ (Translation: of the Megarians) |
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Megara by the second century AD was a minor provincial backwater — its classical glory long spent, its philosophical schools dormant, its mint producing civic bronzes largely as a matter of local pride rather than commercial necessity. Issues struck under Marcus Aurelius from this city are scarce in any condition, a function of low original production volumes rather than attrition through heavy circulation. The reference IV.1#7482 places this squarely within the corpus of Achaean civic bronzes catalogued by the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum framework.