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| Issuer | Patara |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΑΤΑΡΕωΝ (Translation: [Coin] of the Patarians) |
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Patara was the principal city of Lycia and seat of the Lycian League's federal assembly, but its civic bronze issues under Gordian III also reflect something more immediate: the city's role as a major harbor and naval base, which gave it both the wealth and the administrative standing to strike large-denomination bronzes of this module. The Aulock Lykien reference corpus remains the standard for attributing these civic issues, and VII.2 #2180 is among the better-documented Pataran types of the reign.