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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius ] ϹΑΙΤ?ΤΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Saitta (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 147-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, with short beard, draped in paludamentum, facing right and seen from the rear. The obverse legend reads Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ in Greek characters disposed around the portrait, identifying the prince by his pre-accession name. The youthful, bearded effigy reflects the portraiture characteristic of Marcus Aurelius during the co-regency period under Antoninus Pius, approximately 147–161 AD. |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, turreted and enthroned, seated left upon a throne, extending her right hand to hold a patera over a lion at her feet, while her left arm rests upon a tympanum. The composition follows the canonical iconographic type of the Lydian mother-goddess worshipped at Saitta, combining her attributes of the turreted crown, the tympanum, and the lion as her sacred animal. The partially preserved reverse legend in Greek, reading ] ϹΑΙΤ?ΤΗΝΩΝ, identifies the issuing civic authority of Saitta in Lydia. The style and fabric are consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Antonine period from the Conventus of Sardis. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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