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Æ28 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΜΗΝοΚΡΙΤο (?) ϹΤΡΑ? ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΝ
| Issuer | Cilbiani Superiores (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Weight | 14.30 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with a slightly stylised portrait characteristic of Lydian civic coinage. The emperor's wreath of laurel is visible atop the head, with locks of hair rendered in shallow relief. A Greek legend partially encircles the bust, reading in part ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ, identifying the emperor. The die work is typical of a smaller Lydian civic mint, exhibiting moderate detail on the facial features. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΚΑΙ? ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ (Translation: [---] Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus) |
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The Cilbiani Superiores were a minor Lydian community whose coins are among the most obscure provincial issues of the Antonine period — their exact location remains disputed, and the conventus attribution to Ephesus is based largely on administrative inference rather than direct documentation. The magistrate name in the inscription, tentatively read as Menokrites, appears on only a handful of recorded specimens, making die-linking across survivors genuinely useful for establishing sequence.
RPC IV.2 #11462 is an unassigned or provisional reference, suggesting the type was catalogued from limited examples.