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Æ32 - Elagabalus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ϹΩΚΡΑΤΟΥϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝ ΝΕΟΚ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Diameter | 32 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Two lighted torches, their flames rising at the tips, with a serpent coiled around both shafts; between the torches stands a small shrine or mausoleum of uncertain identification, its pediment surmounted by three statues. The composition is a rare and evocative religious scene reflecting the syncretic cult interests characteristic of Elagabalus's reign. The Greek legend naming the local strategos and the neocorate status of Cyzicus runs around the reverse field. |
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Cyzicus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — multiple times over, and the civic pride attached to that status drove an exceptionally active local bronze coinage under the Severan dynasty. Elagabalus's brief reign from 218 to 222 AD saw Cyzicus mint prolifically under the strategos Aurelius Socratus, whose name appears in the magistrate formula on this issue. The city had backed Elagabalus early, which likely secured continued minting privileges.
Aurelius Socratus is attested across several die pairings from this reign, suggesting a tenure of some duration within the magistracy.