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Æ30 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ? ΕΙΔΟΜΕΝΕΩϹ ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Phocaea (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 166-169 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, laureate bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, with his characteristic long beard rendered in flowing curls and wavy locks — a hallmark of his mature portrait type. The effigy displays a draped and cuirassed shoulder visible at the truncation. The legend, partially preserved, runs along the periphery and reads ] Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, reflecting the emperor's titulature as used on provincial bronze coinage of the Ionian conventus. The portrait style is consistent with the Antonine artistic tradition of the second century AD. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two turreted figures of Cybele (or possibly Tyche), each standing and facing one another in a symmetrical composition. The figure to the left stands facing, holding a patera in one hand and a tympanum in the other; the figure to the right stands turned to the left, likewise holding a patera and tympanum, and is flanked by two seated lions at her sides — an iconographic attribute firmly associated with Cybele as Magna Mater. The civic legend of Phocaea, naming the local magistrate, runs in the field. The composition is characteristic of the religious and civic imagery employed on Ionian provincial bronzes of the Antonine period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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