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Æ30 - Domitian ΕΠΙ) ΑΝΘΥ ΚΑΙϹΕΝΝΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕϹΙ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 91-95 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of the emperor Domitian facing right, with drapery and aegis visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the Imperial portrait style characteristic of the Flavian period. The effigy displays carefully detailed curled hair arranged in the distinctive Flavian coiffure, with the laurel wreath denoting imperial and divine honors. The circular Greek legend runs along the outer border of the flan. The portrait exhibits strong, individualized facial features consistent with official Domitianic portraiture as disseminated to the eastern provincial mints. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ |
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Caius Caesennius Paetus served as proconsul of Asia under Domitian, and this homonoia issue — struck jointly between Smyrna and Ephesus — commemorates the formal bond of concord between the two cities, a relationship that was as much competitive as cooperative. The two cities had long disputed primacy in the province, each claiming the title of "first city of Asia," and homonoia coinage was frequently deployed as diplomatic theater rather than genuine civic harmony.
Paetus's proconsulship provides the narrow dating bracket. His tenure anchors the issue precisely within Domitian's reign.