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Æ29 - Commodus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΜΟϹϹΧ (sic) Β ΝΕ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ ΛΑΜΨΑ
| Issuer | Phocaea (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 188-190 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Homonoia type depicting two standing female figures clasping hands in the centre of the field. To the left, the turreted Tyche of Phocaea stands facing right, holding a long sceptre; to the right, Athena stands facing left, resting her arm upon a shield set on the ground, with a spear beside her. The composition symbolises the homonoia (concord) alliance between Phocaea and Lampsacus, as indicated by the reverse legend naming both cities. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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The garbled strategus abbreviation — ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΜΟϹϹΧ, a clear engraver's corruption — points to a provincial die-cutter working under pressure or from dictation rather than a written template. Homonoia issues between Phocaea and Lampsacus were diplomatic instruments, formally advertising civic friendship between two cities with no obvious geographic proximity, likely brokered through the network of Roman provincial administration under the Conventus of Smyrna. Lampsacus sat on the Hellespont; Phocaea on the Aegean coast of Ionia. What trade or political arrangement prompted the alliance is unrecorded.