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Æ31 - Trajan Decius ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ Β ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Maeonia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla Augusta facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of the Lydian conventus. The empress is depicted with an elaborately coiffed hairstyle secured by a diadem, her shoulders draped in imperial costume. The encircling Greek legend identifies her by name and imperial title, running around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Lydios depicted standing left in full figure, clad in long robes, holding in his outstretched right hand an eagle with wings spread and in his left hand a tall sceptre. The deity is rendered in the canonical Lydian type associated with the principal cult of the region. The Greek magistrate's legend encircles the design, referencing the eponymous archon Aurelius Apphianos serving in his second term as first archon of the Maeonians. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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