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| Issuer | Mint of Eresus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II as Caesar facing right, portrayed in three-quarter rear view, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The youthful effigy displays the characteristic military dress of an imperial prince of the mid-third century AD. The encircling Greek legend names the prince with his full titulature, disposed around the bust within the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, the god of medicine, depicted standing in full figure facing left, clad in a long himation draped over the lower body, his weight resting upon a tall serpent-entwined staff (kerykeion of Asclepius) grasped in his right hand. The composition is set within a dotted border, with the civic and magistrate's legend distributed in the field and around the periphery, referencing the strategos Aurelius Gamikos and the city of Eresus. |
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