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| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 217-218 |
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| Weight | 8.39 g |
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| Obverse description | Turreted and draped bust of the deified Senate (Senatus) facing right, personified as a mature male figure wearing a mural crown, rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Carian civic coinage. The legend ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ ('Sacred Senate') is inscribed in the field, identifying the divine personification. The portrait exhibits the heavy drapery folds typical of Severan-period provincial bronzes from Asia Minor. |
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| Reverse description | The lunar deity Mên depicted standing left, his right foot resting upon a bucranium, wearing the characteristic Phrygian cap with a crescent visible behind his shoulders. He holds a patera in his outstretched right hand and a tall sceptre in his left. The ethnic legend ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ ('of the Aphrodisians') is inscribed in the field, affirming the civic identity of the issuing authority at Aphrodisias in Caria. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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