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Æ26 - Elagabalus ΙϹΙΝΔΕΩΝ ΕΤ Δ
| Issuer | Isinda (Pisidia) |
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| Year | 221-222 |
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| Weight | 11.02 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Annia Faustina facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed in the fashionable Severan style with a jewelled stephane and waved locks drawn back to a bun at the nape. The portrait is rendered with fine detail typical of provincial Pisidian coinage of the early third century AD. The encircling Greek legend names the empress in the accusative case. The flan is irregular, as characteristic of provincial bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus standing facing with head turned to the left, his body depicted in a frontal three-quarter stance. He holds a long thyrsus in his right hand and extends a cantharus in his left hand over a panther crouching at his feet to the left. The composition reflects the standard Dionysiac iconography widely employed on Pisidian civic bronzes of the Severan era. The encircling legend names the issuing city and records the civic year. The type alludes to a local cult of Dionysus at Isinda. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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