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Æ27 - Vespasian ΕΠΙ ΒΩΛΑΝΟΥ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, ΑΚΡΑΙΟϹ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 73-79 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ (ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Smyrna's civic bronze issues under Vespasian were produced within the conventus system, where Greek cities retained the right to strike local bronze while Rome controlled precious metal coinage. The magistrate name rendered as ΒΩΛΑΝΟϹ — almost certainly a Hellenized local official — appears on a narrow range of issues, making his tenure datable within the reign but not more precisely than that. Akraios, the epithet invoked in the issue title, was a cult designation applied to Zeus as god of mountain heights, closely tied to Smyrna's own civic religious identity.