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Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Tabala (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 161-176 |
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| Weight | 8.72 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Mother of the Gods, seated left upon a throne in turreted crown, her right hand extending a patera above a recumbent lion, and her left arm resting upon a tympanum. The goddess is depicted in the fully draped manner conventional to Lydian civic bronzes, with the lion referencing her role as mistress of wild nature. The ethnic legend ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ (of the Tabaleans) appears in the field or along the periphery, identifying the issuing civic authority of Tabala in Lydia. |
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Tabala was a minor Lydian city in the Sardis conventus whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius falls within the early joint reign with Lucius Verus — a period when dozens of small Asian mints seized on the imperial transition from Antoninus Pius to assert local identity through bronze issues. The city's output was modest by regional standards, and survivors in any condition are infrequently offered.