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Æ29 - Trajan Decius ϹΤΡ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΗΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Teos (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla facing right, wearing a diadem, her hair elaborately styled and falling in waves. The effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Ionian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. A dotted border frames the design, and the Greek legend encircles the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Herennia Etruscilla Augusta) |
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Teos, a coastal Ionian city best known in antiquity as the birthplace of the lyric poet Anacreon, maintained active civic bronze production well into the third century under local magistrates whose names appear on the coinage as a mark of civic accountability. The magistrate named here, Artemidoros, is attested across a small cluster of issues from the Decian period, suggesting a tenure of some duration — or at minimum, a prolific minting programme within a short one.
Decian-era provincial bronzes from the Smyrna conventus are frequently underrepresented in major collections, having circulated heavily in a region already destabilized by Gothic incursions across the Aegean frontier during precisely these years.