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Æ28 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Pionia, Mysia (civic issue under strategos M. Aurelius Rufus) |
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| Year | 169-175 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A male figure, possibly the eponymous hero Pionis or Apollo, depicted on horseback walking to the right. The rider sits upright in the saddle with one arm raised. The horse is rendered in a naturalistic style with clearly defined musculature. The Greek magistrate legend ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΙΤΩΝ ('under strategos M. Aurelius Rufus, of the Pionitans') runs around the periphery, with the ethnic ΠΙΩΝ partially visible in the exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΙΟΝΙΤΩΝ |
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Pionia was a small Mysian city whose civic coinage output was limited even by provincial standards, making named-strategos issues like this one valuable for reconstructing local administrative history. M. Aurelius Rufus held the office of strategos during the co-reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus — or, more likely given the date range, during the sole reign following Verus's death in 169 AD. The strategos named on provincial bronzes was the magistrate personally responsible for the issue, effectively staking his civic reputation on the coinage.