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Æ37 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΛ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tralles (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Diameter | 37 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I (the Arab) facing right, with an aegis displayed on the right shoulder. The emperor's beard is rendered in the characteristic short, bristly style of the mid-third century provincial coinage. The Greek imperial legend encircles the bust in the field, running from left to right along the coin's periphery. The portrait conveys the robust, martial character typical of Trajanic-era provincial die-cutting from the Lydian mint of Tralles. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Larasios enthroned to left, holding a small Nike in his extended right hand and a long sceptre in his left, the composition dominated by a prominent cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing at centre, flanked by two stags at her sides. The syncretistic pairing of the local Lydian Zeus Larasios with the famous Ephesian Artemis reflects the religious identity and civic pride of Tralles within the Conventus of Ephesus. The multi-line Greek legend naming the grammateis runs around the reverse field. The scene is rendered in the detailed, if somewhat provincial, style characteristic of large-module Lydian bronzes of the Severan and post-Severan periods. |
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