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Æ35 - Lucius Verus ΕΠΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Mytilene |
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| Year | 163-165 |
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| Weight | 26.50 g |
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| Reverse description | Homonoia composition depicting two turreted Tyche figures standing facing one another and clasping right hands at centre. The Tyche of Adramyteum stands to the left, facing right, holding a long transverse sceptre; the Tyche of Mytilene stands to the right, facing left, holding a Dionysiac herm. Both figures wear mural crowns, symbolising their respective cities. The encircling Greek legend references the concord (homonoia) between the cities of Mytilene and Adramyteum. |
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| Mintage | ND (163-165) |
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The legend ΕΠΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ records a formal homonoia — a concordat of civic friendship — between Mytilene on Lesbos and Adramyttion on the Mysian coast of Asia Minor. These inter-city agreements were not merely ceremonial; they regulated trade privileges, festival reciprocity, and occasionally joint religious dedications. The timing under Lucius Verus corresponds with his eastern campaigns against Parthia, a period when Roman governors actively encouraged civic harmony across the Aegean provinces.
RPC IV.2 #379 documents this as a rare type with very few recorded specimens.