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Æ31 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ Π ΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ Α ΔΟΚΙΜΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Docimeum (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 163-165 |
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| Weight | 17.30 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus to right, wearing a laurel wreath and paludamentum over cuirass, rendered in a frontal three-quarter view from centre. The portrait exhibits the characteristic bearded effigy of Lucius Verus as co-emperor, with bold, high-relief modelling typical of provincial Phrygian coinage of the Antonine period. The Greek legend ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ runs around the periphery of the obverse field, identifying the emperor as Augustus Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Docimeum, in the Phrygian interior, was one of the great marble-quarrying centers of the ancient world — its *pavonazzetto* shipped across the empire for imperial building projects. The city's right to strike bronze coinage under Roman administration was a civic privilege, and issues naming a local archon like this one tied municipal prestige directly to the reigning emperor. The archon formula ΕΠΙ with a named magistrate is characteristic of Phrygian civic bronzes and allows approximate dating within a reign rather than to a specific year.