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Æ23 - Trajan Decius ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΦΡΥΓ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ (Translation: Sacred Council) |
| Reverse description | Cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus (Artemis Ephesia) standing facing, depicted in the characteristic rigid, xoanon-like manner with arms extended horizontally and the body swathed in tight wrappings ornamented with multiple rows of pendulous breast-like protrusions. The goddess wears a tall cylindrical kalathos (polos) crown upon her head. The encircling Greek legend ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥΓ in the field identifies the issuing city of Metropolis in Phrygia, with the cult image attesting to the city's religious ties to the Artemis Ephesia cult widespread across Asia Minor. |
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