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Æ29 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted three-quarter from the rear, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder and the articulated pteryges of the cuirass rendered in detail. The effigy displays the characteristic youthful features of Gordian III as seen on provincial coinage. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the obverse field within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum's civic bronze issues under Gordian III were administered through a local magistrate — the ΕΠΙ ΓΡ formula preceding ΔΗΜΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ identifies the grammateus, the city secretary responsible for overseeing the issue. This accountability structure, where a named official staked his civic reputation on the coinage, was characteristic of the Greek cities of the Maeander valley during the Severan and post-Severan periods.
The Conventus of Miletus grouped several proud Ionian cities for Roman judicial and administrative purposes, Magnesia among them — a city that never quite forgot it had once been a free Greek polis with Seleucid patronage.