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Æ33 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ Π ΑΙΛ ΜΗΤ ΑΡΧ Α Β ΒΑΓΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bagis (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Zeus Lydios standing left, robed in a long himation, extending his right hand to hold an eagle perched facing him, and grasping a tall sceptre with his left hand. The deity is rendered in the characteristic Lydian provincial style, occupying the central field. The encircling Greek magistrate and civic legend is disposed around the figure, with a dotted border visible along the rim. |
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Bagis was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Caracalla frequently named local magistrates in the legend — the ΕΠΙ ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ formula identifies the sitting strategos or archon responsible for the issue, a common accountability mechanism in the conventus of Sardis. The title ΜΗΤ ΑΡΧ suggests a gymnasiarch or similar civic office held by one Asklepiades, a name unsurprisingly common in a region saturated with the cult of Asklepios. Bagis issues are thinly documented; the city minted sporadically and in small volume, which accounts for the rarity of attributed specimens in modern collections.