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Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΡοΥΦοΥ ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ (Φ shaped as ·Ι·)

Issuer City of Attaea (Conventus of Pergamum)
Year 179-180
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description Laureate, lightly bearded bust of Commodus facing right, depicted as co-emperor under Marcus Aurelius, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, seen from the front. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial die-cutting style characteristic of the Pergamene conventus. The obverse legend surrounds the bust in Greek characters identifying the emperor by his abbreviated titulature.
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Reverse description Bearded river-god Makestos reclines to the left, his body semi-draped, holding a cornucopia in one arm and a statuette of Zeus bearing a thunderbolt and a long sceptre in the other hand. At the feet of the river-god, a clump of reeds alludes to the riparian setting. To the left of the composition, an eagle perches in an oak tree, a motif with strong Pergamene religious associations. The reverse legend names the strategos Rouphos and the ethnic of the Attaitans, with the letter Phi rendered in the distinctive local form ·Ι·.
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