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Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ Γ Ι ΝΙΚΙΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ? ΓΕΡΜΗΝ

Issuer City of Germe (Conventus of Pergamum)
Year 161-165
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Weight 23.80 g
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Obverse description Laureate, cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of the emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, depicted from behind in the three-quarter rear view characteristic of provincial bronze coinage of Asia Minor. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic beard and imperial military attire. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, abbreviating his imperial titulature. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, consistent with Mysian provincial workshop production.
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Obverse lettering ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Reverse description Heracles depicted nude, standing facing with head turned to the left, rendered in a robust, classical style typical of Mysian civic coinage. In his right hand he holds his characteristic club, while his left arm bears the Nemean lion skin; a bow is also associated with his attributes. The figure stands on a ground line at the centre of the flan, surrounded by the Greek civic legend naming the local magistrate and city ethnonym. The reverse legend ΕΠΙ Γ Ι ΝΙΚΙΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΗΝ references the eponymous archon Nikias under whose magistracy the coin was issued at Germe.
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