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Æ33 - Antoninus Pius ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Alinda (Conventus of Alabanda, Caria) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IV.2#2713 |
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| Reverse description | Two deities depicted in the field: to the left, nude Heracles stands facing, his weight shifted in a relaxed contrapposto pose, with his right arm resting upon his attribute club draped with the Nemean lion skin; to the right, Apollo stands facing left, holding what appears to be a laurel branch and a long sceptre. The civic ethnic legend ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ appears in the field, identifying this as a civic issue of the Alindaeans. The composition reflects the theophoric civic traditions of Carian cities, combining the Dorian hero Heracles with the Apolline cult. |
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| Mintage | ND (138-161) |
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Alinda was a minor Carian city whose civic coinage under the Antonine emperors reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronze production across Asia Minor — cities competing for prestige through the right to strike coin, often purchased or lobbied for through the provincial assembly at Alabanda. The Conventus of Alabanda grouped several such communities for Roman administrative and juridical purposes, and civic issues like this one served that local court economy as much as anything else.
The reference IV.2#2713 places this within the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum corpus. Alinda's output under Antoninus Pius is sparse by any measure.