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Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius ϹΤ(Α) ΚΛ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ ϹΟΦΙϹΤΟΥ Ϲ(ΥΡ)
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 161-166 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Proklos the Sophist held the position of grammateus — civic secretary — at Smyrna during the early Antonine period, and his name appears on a tight cluster of municipal bronzes issued under Marcus Aurelius. The title "sophist" here is not ornamental: Smyrna was aggressively competitive with Ephesus and Pergamon for cultural prestige, and advertising a sophist-magistrate on coinage was a deliberate civic statement about the city's intellectual standing.
Aelius Aristides, the most celebrated sophist of the age, was based at Smyrna during precisely this window.