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Æ35 - Gordian III ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΖΙϹ
| Issuer | Cibyra (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Heracles depicted standing and facing right, his right arm resting upon a club set upon a small herm, while his left arm rests akimbo on his hip in a posture of relaxed heroic ease. The Nemean lion skin is draped over his left shoulder, a canonical attribute identifying the deity. The composition reflects the Lysippan typology common to provincial bronze coinage of Asia Minor. The ethnic legend of the Cibyrans and the local civic era date appear in the field. |
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| Mint | Cibyra, Phrygia |
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Cibyra occupied an awkward administrative position in the Roman provincial system — technically within Phrygia but assigned to the Lycian conventus for judicial purposes, a quirk that earned it the right to host assizes and, consequently, the prestige to strike coinage of this module. The ΖΙϹ inscription denotes a neokorate status, indicating the city held an imperial cult, almost certainly confirmed under Gordian III himself rather than inherited from an earlier grant.
The weight sits toward the heavier end for this denomination from the Cibyratan series, consistent with dies early in the reign before output expanded.