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Æ23 - Nero ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤωΝ
| Issuer | Magnetes (Achaea) |
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| Year | 54-68 |
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| Weight | 11.12 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Emperor Nero facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with a broad, somewhat flat modelling typical of Thessalian civic coinage. The portrait occupies the majority of the field. The surrounding Greek legend is distributed around the periphery of the flan, partially visible despite surface wear and patination. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΝΕΡωΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Translation: Nero Caesar) |
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The Magnetes of Thessaly struck bronze for Nero throughout his reign, a regional coinage that operated under the loose framework of provincial autonomy Rome permitted to Greek communities with established civic minting traditions. Magnesia ad Maeandrum — not to be confused with Magnesia on the Sipylos — maintained its own bronze issues well into the imperial period, the ethnic ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ functioning as a point of civic identity at a moment when Greek cities were increasingly absorbed into Roman administrative structures.
The I#1422B reference places this within a small, thinly documented group.