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Æ31 - Trajan Decius ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΟΚΛΟϹ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Ionia, Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΟΚΛΟϹ (Translation: of the Ephesians, Androklos) |
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| Mintage | ND (249-251) |
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Androklос, the legendary Athenian oikist credited with founding Ephesus, appears here on a civic bronze issued under Trajan Decius — a calculated assertion of local mythological identity at a moment when the emperor was aggressively promoting traditional Roman religious values, including the first empire-wide edict demanding sacrifice to the Roman gods. Ephesus had long leveraged its foundation myth as a mark of prestige among rival Asian cities competing for the title of metropolis and the ceremonial privileges that came with it.