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Æ36 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Antioch ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, depicted from the rear with the paludamentum (military cloak) visible over the cuirass. The portrait follows the standard Roman provincial rendering of the emperor in military attire. A partially preserved Greek legend runs around the periphery of the flan, identifying the emperor by his imperial titulature. |
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| Obverse lettering | ]? Μ ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΝΕΙΝΟϹ(sic) (Translation: [---] Marcus Aurelius Caesar Antoninus) |
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Antioch ad Maeandrum was a small Carian city whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the broader administrative reorganization of the Conventus of Alabanda — one of the nine judicial districts Rome used to govern the province of Asia. These large bronze civic issues were not state-mandated; the city petitioned for, and funded, its own coinage, typically to facilitate local market transactions and demonstrate civic prestige to neighboring communities.
The 36mm module places this among the heavier civic bronzes from the conventus, suggesting it was struck for a specific civic occasion rather than routine circulation.