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Æ25 - Caracalla ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΤΟ ΠΗ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 216-217 |
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| Weight | 8.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, depicted from the rear in three-quarter view, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder and segmented armour clearly rendered. The imperial effigy is portrayed in the characteristic late Severan military style. The Greek legend encircles the bust along the periphery of the flan, reading from left to right. |
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| Reverse description | Two river-deity animals face one another across a ground line at centre field: a wolf seated to the right, personifying the river Lykos, and a boar seated to the left, personifying the river Kapros, both emblematic civic symbols of Laodicea ad Lycum. The legend ΤΟ ΠΗ appears above the animals in the upper field, denoting the city's 88th neokorate year, while the civic ethnic ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ runs around the periphery. The composition alludes to the city's dual river geography and its prestigious neokorate status. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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