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Æ33 - Commodus ϹΤ (Α) (ΑΙ) ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΟΜΟ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 184-190 |
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| Weight | 21.61 g |
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| Reverse description | Two standing or seated figures occupy the reverse field in a paired civic composition. At left, the hero Lakedaimonios stands facing, his head turned to the right, holding a branch and spear, with a shield at his side. At right, the turreted goddess Cybele is seated facing left, holding a patera in her extended hand and resting her arm upon a tympanum. The reverse legend records the name of the strategos Herakleides and references the homonoia relationship between Smyrna and Lakedaimon, rendered in abbreviated Greek. |
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| Reverse lettering | ϹΤΡ(Α) (ΑΙ) ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΟΜΟ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙ |
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Smyrna's homonoia coinage with Lakedaimon is poorly documented but reflects the web of civic alliance-building that Ionian cities pursued aggressively under the Severan period's immediate predecessors. The magistrate name Herakleides appearing in the inscription helps anchor this issue within a relatively narrow administrative window — such eponymous references to local officials were not decorative but legally binding identifiers for accountability within the mint.
The OMO abbreviation confirms the homonoia relationship, a formal concordat between two cities that was commemorated in coin as a public diplomatic instrument. Smyrna was unusually prolific in initiating these arrangements.