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Æ29 - Marcus Aurelius ϹΤΡ ΠΟ ΑΙ ΑΡΙΖΗΛΟΥ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 175-177 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare-headed bust of Commodus Caesar, draped in paludamentum, facing right with the bust viewed from the rear, as was customary in certain provincial issues. The effigy presents the prince in a military context, the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The obverse legend encircles the portrait field, identifying the subject as Caesar under the Antonine dynasty. |
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| Mintage | ND (175-177) |
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Smyrna was among the most aggressively competitive cities in the province of Asia when it came to securing imperial favor, and the years 175–177 fall squarely within a period when the city held the rare title of twice-neokoros — custodian of an imperial cult temple — a distinction it fought bitterly to maintain against rivals like Ephesus and Pergamon. The magistrate name in the legend, Arizelus, anchors this piece to a specific local strategos, one of the few mechanisms by which provincial bronzes can be sequenced within a reign.