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| Issuer | Mostene (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ Γ Δ Π (Translation: Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Father (of the Fatherland?)) |
| Reverse description | A mounted hero, identified with the local Lydian equestrian deity or heroised founder, advances to the right on horseback while brandishing a double axe (labrys) — an attribute strongly associated with Lydian religious iconography. Beneath the horse's raised foreleg, a lighted altar is depicted, and in the right field stands a cypress tree, both elements evoking the sacred landscape of Mostene. The reverse legend is distributed in two lines around the design, identifying the issuing civic community. |
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