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Æ24 - Antoninus Pius ΙΕΡΑϹ ΕΠΙΔΑΥΡΟΥ

Issuer Epidaurus (Achaea)
Year 138-161
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse script Greek
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Mintage ND (138-161)
Additional information

Epidaurus was never a major mint city, and civic bronze output under the Antonines was modest by any measure. What the city did possess was the Asklepieion — the most celebrated healing sanctuary in the Greek world, drawing pilgrims from across the Mediterranean throughout the imperial period. That religious economy, not political importance, is almost certainly what justified continued coin production here under Antoninus Pius.

The reference IV.1#9428 places this within the RPC IV.1 online corpus, where Epidauran issues of this reign remain sparsely documented with low specimen counts.

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