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| Issuer | Apamea Cibotus (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 138-141 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, seen from the front in three-quarter view. The emperor is depicted without laurel wreath, with the military cloak fastened at the right shoulder. The Greek obverse legend encircles the bust, naming the emperor in the nominative case typical of Phrygian civic bronze coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned to the left, depicted in the canonical seated divine type favoured in Phrygian civic coinage. The god holds a small Nike figure in his extended right hand and grasps a long sceptre in his left hand. The reverse legend, arranged around the field, records the name of the local magistrate (epimeletes) Marcus Aelius Apollinarios and the ethnic of the issuing city, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ. |
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