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Æ27 - Vespasian ΠΛΟΥΤΟΔΟΤΗΣ ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ
| Uitgever | Nysa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Jaar | 69-79 |
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| Vorm | Round (irregular) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate head of the emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of the Conventus of Ephesus. The portrait displays the characteristic mature physiognomy of Vespasian, with draped bust visible at the truncation. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field, reading ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show the dark olive-brown patina characteristic of struck bronze provincial coinage. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ (Translation: Vespasian Caesar Augustus) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Nysa ad Maeandrum was one of the more prosperous inland cities of the Lydian conventus, known for its association with Dionysiac cult and — critically — for a grammar school and lecture hall complex that Strabo, who may have studied there himself, described as superior to those at Ephesus. The epithet ΠΛΟΥΤΟΔΟΤΗΣ, "giver of wealth," attached to the deity honored on this coin, reflects the city's self-conscious cultural confidence during the Flavian reorganization of Asia Minor.
Vespasian's reign brought intensive re-engagement between Roman authority and the cities of the conventus system, with civic bronze issues functioning as a negotiated expression of local religious identity within imperial tolerance.