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Æ27 - Trajan ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ ΒΞΡ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Mare (Syria) |
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| Year | 114-115 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Trajan facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Syrian civic coinage. The portrait displays the characteristic strong features of Trajan's mature effigy, with a wreath of laurel leaves encircling the head. A Greek imperial legend surrounds the portrait, reading partially ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ, abbreviating his full titulature as Autocrator, Nerva, Trajan, Aristos, Caesar, Sebastos, Germanicus, Dacicus. The flan is irregular in shape, as is typical of provincially struck bronzes of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ |
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The ΒΞΡ in the ethnic inscription denotes a civic year count placing this issue squarely within Laodicea ad Mare's own Seleucid-derived era, a dating convention the city maintained with unusual stubbornness well into Roman imperial administration. Trajan's Parthian campaign of 114–115 brought substantial military traffic through the Syrian coastal cities, and Laodicea — a major port with deep Hellenistic roots — likely struck bronzes of this type partly to meet the sudden liquidity demands of an army on the move.