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Æ29 - Philip I ΟΜΗΡΟϹ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Colophon (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 8.60 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Marcia Otacilia Severa facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a diadem, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of the Ephesian conventus. The effigy is depicted with characteristic third-century portraiture, showing the empress in court dress with visible drapery folds at the shoulder and chest. The Greek legend encircles the bust within a beaded border, partially legible on this heavily patinated specimen. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Colophon's claim to Homer's birthplace was fiercely contested in antiquity — seven cities made the argument, and Colophon pressed it hard on its civic coinage under Philip I. The city had been in slow decline since Lysimachus forcibly relocated much of its population to newly founded Ephesus around 294 BC, yet it retained enough civic identity to maintain a mint and defend its literary patrimony through bronze.
The reference to the Conventus of Ephesus places this issue within the Roman administrative assize system, under which provincial cities petitioned for minting rights through their regional conventus capital.