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Æ35 - Elagabalus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ (Translation: of the Ephesians, first of Asia) |
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| Mintage | ND (218-222) |
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Ephesus held the title *prōtē tēs Asias* — "first of Asia" — with fierce jealousy, a claim contested repeatedly by Smyrna and Pergamon throughout the second and third centuries. The neokorate rivalries between these cities were not merely honorific posturing; they determined festival rights, judicial prestige, and the flow of imperial patronage. Coins broadcasting the title were a deliberate civic assertion, struck during Elagabalus's reign when the young emperor's erratic favoritism made such displays of loyalty — and self-advertisement — particularly pointed.