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Æ32 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡοΥ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tralles (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 177-179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing facing, head turned to left, draped in chiton and peplos, holding a long spear upright in her right hand and resting her left arm upon a large round shield set on the ground at her side. The figure is rendered in the classical Greek tradition typical of Lydian civic coinage. The encircling legend names the grammateus Menandros and the civic authority of Tralles, distributed around the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡοΥ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ |
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Tralles, a prosperous city in the Maeander valley, held the right to strike civic bronze under Roman oversight — the magistrate name ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ identifies the grammateus responsible for this issue, a local official whose tenure under Marcus Aurelius can be tentatively bracketed to the co-regency years with Commodus, 177–179. Civic bronzes of Tralles are modestly documented but the city's output was never prolific, and named-magistrate issues narrow the field considerably.
The grammateus role was an elected civic post, not a Roman appointment — accountability for the coinage rested with local aristocracy, not the provincial governor.