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Æ23 - Trajan ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#1945 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Trajan facing right, with finely rendered facial features and short cropped hair beneath the laurel wreath. The portrait is executed in the characteristic provincial style of the Smyrna conventus, with the neck truncation visible at the base. The surrounding Greek legend runs clockwise around the obverse field, identifying the emperor with his full titulature. The flan is slightly irregular, as is typical of struck provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, depicted facing left in long robes, extending her right hand forward to offer ears of grain. A lion, the sacred animal of Cybele, crouches at her feet to the left, reinforcing her divine identity. The composition reflects the strong local religious significance of the Cybele cult at Magnesia ad Sipylum, situated near Mount Sipylus. The reverse legend naming the issuing city is disposed around the field. The striking is characteristic of provincial civic bronzes of the Trajanic period. |
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