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Æ27 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΟΝ ΔΙΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙ
| Issuer | Miletopolis (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of youthful Dionysus depicted facing left, his weight shifted in a contrapposto stance. In his outstretched right hand he holds a cantharus, which he tilts toward a panther crouching at his feet to the lower left; in his left hand he carries a long thyrsus. The reverse legend in Greek runs around the field, naming the local archon Diphilos and the civic authority of Miletopolis. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΟΝ ΔΙΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙ (Translation: under archon Diphilos, of the Milesians) |
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Miletopolis was a minor Mysian city of little political consequence, which makes the naming of a local magistrate on a civic bronze issue all the more significant — the archon Diphilos was exercising a form of civic autonomy that Rome permitted selectively, and his name on this coin is effectively the only record of his existence. The conventus of Cyzicus administered a sprawling district, and small poleis like Miletopolis issued bronze episodically, tied to local festivals or administrative moments rather than any continuous minting program.