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Æ25 - Marcus Aurelius Τ Κ ΖΗΛΟϹ ΑΝΕΘ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ (Ζ reversed)
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the personified Roman Senate (ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ), depicted as a youthful male figure, facing left. The effigy exhibits idealized, classicizing features consistent with the allegorical representation of the Senate as employed on provincial coinage of the Antonine period. The circular legend ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ ('Holy Senate') runs around the periphery of the field. The strike is irregular, as is typical of locally produced Carian civic bronze coinage of this era. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ |
| Reverse description | Three leafless, stylized branches or palm-like sprigs rising from a latticed or reticulated enclosure, likely representing a sacred garden or temenos. On either side of the central branches, atop or flanking the enclosure, stands an altar. The composition is a distinctive civic type associated with the sanctuary cult at Aphrodisias. The reverse legend, partially incorporating a reversed zeta (Ζ), identifies the magistrate responsible for the issue and the issuing city of the Aphrodisians. |
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