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Æ25 - Philip I ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛ
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Otacilia Severa facing right, hair elaborately waved and drawn back, adorned with a diadem; a crescent symbol appears at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in the provincial Roman style typical of mid-third century Asia Minor civic coinage. The encircling Greek legend names the empress with her imperial titles, distributed around the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, is depicted enthroned and seated to the left, wearing a turreted crown (kalathos); she extends her right hand holding a patera and rests her left arm upon a tympanum (drum). A lion, her sacred animal, crouches at her feet to the left. The composition reflects the strong local veneration of Cybele at Magnesia ad Sipylum, a cult center of considerable regional importance. The ethnic legend of the city encircles the design in the field. |
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