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Æ27 - Gordian III ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΘΙϹ
| Issuer | Cibyra (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 242-243 |
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| Weight | 11.20 g |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, depicted in full figure advancing to the left, her wings spread behind her. She extends a wreath in her right hand and carries a palm branch in her left. In the upper left field, a kalathos (basket) serves as a civic symbol of Cibyra. The reverse legend ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ with the date mark ΘΙϹ (year 309 of the Sullan era, corresponding to 242–243 AD) frames the composition along the periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΘΙϹ |
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Cibyra's designation as the capital of its own conventus — one of the judicial districts Augustus reorganized across Asia Minor — gave the city unusual minting authority that persisted well into the third century. The ΘΙϹ in the legend denotes a third neokorate honor, a title cities competed fiercely to obtain from the emperor, typically tied to the establishment of an imperial cult temple. Gordian III's brief reign generated a concentrated burst of provincial coinage across the eastern mints, many cities seizing the opportunity of a new emperor's accession to curry favor and reassert civic prestige.