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Æ25 - Hadrian ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Sala (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Zeus Lydios depicted in left-facing stance, the deity extending his right hand to support an eagle while his left hand rests upon a long sceptre. The reverse legend naming the civic authority of Sala appears in the field, rendered in Greek script, affirming the coin's provincial municipal origin within the Conventus of Sardis. |
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| Reverse lettering | ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ (Translation: of the Salians) |
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Sala was a small Lydian city in the Hermus valley whose civic coinage under Hadrian reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronzes that followed his accession — Hadrian's philhellenic policy actively encouraged provincial cities to mint, and many smaller Lydian centers seized the opportunity to place their city name before a Roman emperor for the first time. The conventus of Sardis administered a cluster of these towns, and their issues were locally produced rather than struck at any imperial facility.
The reference III#2440 places this within the standard corpus of Lydian civic bronzes, a series where die-sharing between neighboring cities is not uncommon and occasionally complicates attribution.