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Æ28 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ (ΔΗΜΟΝ)ΕΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Leto advancing to the left with her head turned back to the right, her robes in motion, cradling the infant twins Apollo and Artemis in her outstretched arms. This type alludes to the local mythological tradition linking Magnesia ad Maeandrum with the Letoon sanctuary. The Greek magistrate legend is distributed in the field and along the periphery, identifying the issuing grammateus. |
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| Mint | Magnesia ad Maeandrum |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum occupied a politically sensitive position in the Maeander valley, and civic bronze issues under Caracalla frequently name the sitting grammateus — the chief magistrate responsible for the issue — as a means of distributing both credit and financial liability for the minting costs. The abbreviation ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜ followed by the magistrate's name is the standard epigraphic formula for this accountability, and ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ identifies the individual who underwrote this particular striking. Such magistrate-attributed bronzes were a provincial convention, not an imperial directive.