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Æ25 - Trajan ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΡΛ
| Issuer | Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 98-99 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Dionysus, facing right, crowned with an ivy wreath; the hair is rendered in flowing locks falling to the neck, consistent with Hellenistic artistic convention for the god. The portrait is positioned centrally within the flan, surrounded by a dotted border that is partially visible on the irregular edge. No legend appears on the obverse, the field being otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse description | A cista mystica depicted centrally, its lid half-open, from which a serpent emerges and coils to the right — a canonical Dionysiac symbol associated with the mysteries. Behind the cista, a thyrsus is placed in saltire, referencing the cult of Dionysus. The Greek legend ΑΜΙΣΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΡΛ (meaning 'of Amisus, year 130') appears in the field, providing the civic identity and regnal era date of the issuing city. The composition is enclosed within a dotted border on the irregularly shaped flan. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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