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| Issuer | Cyme (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 180-182 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Crispina facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled at the back in the distinctive Antonine fashion. The effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Aeolian civic coinage, with drapery visible at the truncation. The encircling Greek legend reads ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ, identifying the empress with her imperial title Augusta. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus (Artemis Ephesia) depicted standing facing, rendered in the characteristic xoanon style with the body swathed in a tight sheath adorned with multiple rows of oval protuberances. The goddess wears a tall kalathos (polos) headdress and is flanked by supporting lateral braces or stags. The reverse legend, distributed around the field, names the strategos Kor. Lollianos and identifies the issuing city of Kyme. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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