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Æ25 - Antoninus Pius ΒΡΙΟΥΛΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Briula (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 147-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with a bearded portrait characteristic of the emperor's mature coinage. The effigy is set within a dotted border, with the Greek imperial titulature legend disposed around the periphery. The portrait displays bold, if somewhat rustic, die-cutting typical of a small Lydian civic mint. The laurel wreath is rendered with individual leaves visible above the brow. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Olympios enthroned to the left upon an ornate throne, his body draped, extending a patera in his right hand and holding a long vertical sceptre in his left. The figure is rendered in the classical seated deity type common to Lydian civic bronzes of the Antonine period. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is inscribed in the field around the type. A dotted border frames the composition. |
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Briula was a minor Lydian city whose exact location remains disputed — most scholars place it somewhere in the Cayster River valley, but no excavation has conclusively confirmed the site. Its coins are rare precisely because the city was small and its autonomous bronze issues appear confined to a narrow window under Antoninus Pius. The conventus of Ephesus administered Roman judicial business for the region, but civic bronze at this level was a local prerogative, issued to facilitate small transactions the Roman silver economy never reached.