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Æ23 - Trajan ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 116-117 |
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| Weight | 9.05 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Hexastyle temple depicted in frontal elevation, with six columns surmounting a stepped podium; within the intercolumniation stands a statue of the Emperor in full military dress, holding a trophy over one shoulder and a spear in the opposite hand. The architectural detail reflects the civic pride of Laodicea ad Lycum and the city's devotion to the imperial cult. The reverse legend naming the issuing city is inscribed within the field or along the exergue below the temple structure. |
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Laodicea ad Lycum had every reason to court imperial favor under Trajan. The city had rebuilt itself substantially after the catastrophic earthquake of 60 AD — largely without Roman financial assistance, a point of civic pride recorded by Tacitus — and by the early second century it was one of the wealthiest cities in the Conventus of Cibyra, drawing income from wool, banking, and the road network converging there from the Lycus valley. Provincial bronzes of 116–117 are particularly compressed into a narrow window: Trajan died in August 117, making any issue dateable to his final year a product of a mint working without knowledge of how little time remained.