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Æ35 - Antoninus Pius ΜΕΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΚΩΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Cos (Conventus of Halicarnassus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, facing right, rendered from the front-centre perspective. The emperor's portrait is executed in the naturalistic provincial style characteristic of Asia Minor civic coinage of the Antonine period. The encircling legend names the emperor in Greek characters, running around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The alliance coinage struck jointly between Cos and Miletus — indicated by the ΜΕΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΚΩΙΩΝ legend — belongs to a well-documented but still poorly understood phenomenon of homonoia issues produced across the Greek East during the Antonine period. These pieces were not trade coins in any functional sense; they commemorated formal declarations of concord between cities, likely tied to shared cult affiliations or resolved civic disputes. Cos had obvious claims to prestige through its association with Asclepius, while Miletus, though diminished from its archaic prominence, remained a significant regional center in the Conventus of Halicarnassus.
The rarity of surviving specimens in any condition reflects limited original production runs rather than heavy circulation.