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Æ27 - Trajan ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ
| Issuer | Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 106-107 |
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| Weight | 12.55 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Pontic civic coinage. The imperial effigy displays a laurel wreath crown with visible leaf detail along the upper register. A circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait in the field, reading ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ, identifying the emperor with his full titulature including the honorific epithets Germanicus and Dacicus. The flan is irregular and the strike somewhat uneven, typical of provincial bronze issues of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ |
| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, depicted advancing to the left in flowing garments, holding aloft in her extended right hand a wreath inscribed with the letters ΡΛΗ (the Greek numeral 138, corresponding to the local Amisene era year equivalent to 106-107 AD), and carrying a trophy over her left shoulder. The reverse legend ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ, meaning 'of free Amisus, year [138]', encircles the field, asserting the city's autonomous civic status. The composition reflects the standard civic iconography of Pontic Greek cities celebrating Roman imperial victories, here referencing Trajan's Dacian campaigns. |
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