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Æ28 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΘΕΩΝΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, facing right, with hair elaborately arranged and secured by a stephane. The effigy is rendered in the typical provincial style of the mid-third century, with the drapery visible at the truncation of the bust. The obverse legend, partially visible around the bust, identifies the empress by her abbreviated titulature. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of Fortune and civic prosperity, stands facing left in a full-length draped figure. In her right hand she holds a small statuette of Ares, the god of war, and in her left arm she carries a cornucopia symbolizing abundance. At her feet to the left stands a lighted altar, an attribute common in Ionian provincial coinage of this period. The reverse legend names the local strategos Aurelius Theon and the city of Metropolis as the issuing authority. |
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