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Æ27 - Commodus ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ϹΜΥΡ (Φs shaped as ·Ι·)
| Issuer | Philadelphia, Lydia (under Roman Imperial authority, reign of Commodus) |
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| Year | 184-190 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Turreted Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, seated left upon a throne, extending a patera over a recumbent lion at her feet. Her right arm rests upon a tympanum, the ritual drum associated with her cult. The composition is characteristic of Lydian civic bronze coinage of the Antonine and Severan periods, emphasizing the city's devotion to this indigenous deity. The encircling legend ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ϹΜΥΡ, with the phi letters rendered in the distinctive local form ·Ι·, identifies the issuing city of Philadelphia and its conventus affiliation with Smyrna. Heavy green patination covers the surface, with the central device partially legible. |
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| Mint | Philadelphia, Lydia, modern-day Alaşehir, Turkey |
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