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Æ25 - Tiberius ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, ΔΙΔ ΠΡ, ΙΛ
| Issuer | Pompeiopolis (Cilicia) |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Pompey the Great facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with characteristic thick, swept hair. An uncertain object or symbol appears to the left of the effigy, while a six-pointed star is positioned to the lower right in the field. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border. The portrait lacks an inscription, identifying Pompey as the city's heroic founder through imagery alone. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΔΙΔ ΠΡ ΙΛ |
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Pompeiopolis in Cilicia was founded by Pompey the Great following his campaigns against the Cilician pirates in 67 BC, and the city retained his name and a civic pride in that origin well into the imperial period. Bronze civic issues under Tiberius from this mint are sparsely documented, and the magistrate abbreviations ΔΙΔ ΠΡ embedded in this issue have not been fully resolved in the literature — likely a shortened form of a Greek civic title held by a local official whose full identity remains unattested.