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Æ24 - Antoninus Pius ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Antioch ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 139-146 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus depicted standing to the left in the field, his weight distributed in a relaxed contrapposto stance. The deity holds in one hand a cantharus or bunch of grapes, and in the other a thyrsus, his canonical attributes as god of wine and festivity. The reverse legend ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ encircles the type, identifying the issuing city of Antiocheia ad Maeandrum. The type reflects the strong local association of the city with Dionysiac cult, common on the civic bronzes of Carian mints during the Antonine period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum was a small Carian city whose civic coinage under Antoninus Pius reflects the relative prosperity of the Conventus of Alabanda — a judicial district that grouped minor Asian cities under Roman administrative convenience. The city minted sparingly, which accounts for the comparative scarcity of its bronze issues across all types from this reign.