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Æ26 - Commodus ΕΠΙ ΑΝΕΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΕΩϹ
| Issuer | Apollonoshieron (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Apollo standing facing, draped in a long chiton, holding a patera in his extended right hand and resting his lowered left hand upon a lyre set on the ground beside him. The figure is rendered in a hieratic, frontal stance typical of provincial Lydian coinage. The Greek legend ΕΠΙ ΑΝΕΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΕΩϹ, naming the eponymous priest Aneiketos under whose tenure the coin was struck, is arranged around the figure in the field. |
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Apollonoshieron was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage depended entirely on the prestige of its local magistrates — the inscription naming Aneiketos as priest is the coin's primary claim to authority, more so than the emperor's own titulature. The city sat within the conventus of Sardis, meaning disputes and administrative oversight ran through that proconsular center rather than directly to Rome.
Aneiketos held a priesthood, almost certainly tied to the city's principal cult, and his name appears on a small cluster of bronzes from this reign — enough to suggest a sustained term in office rather than a ceremonial appointment.