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Æ38 - Hadrian ΑΓΡΗΠΠΙΝΟϹ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately coiled and piled high upon the crown of the head above a double stephane, rendered in the refined portraiture style characteristic of Hadrianic provincial bronzes. The effigy is presented in high relief with fine drapery folds visible at the shoulder. The encircling Greek legend identifies the empress by name and title in the nominative case. The portrait closely follows the official court type for Sabina as Augusta, conveying imperial dignity appropriate to a consort of the reigning emperor. |
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| Reverse description | A hieratic triad of deities arranged in a frontal composition across the reverse field. At centre, Zeus Laodiceus stands facing with head turned to the left, extending his right hand forward to present an eagle, while his left hand rests upon a tall sceptre. To the left of Zeus, Hera stands in three-quarter view facing right, wearing a kalathos upon her head and steadying a sceptre with her right hand. To the right of Zeus, Athena stands facing left, clad in peplos and crested helmet, lowering an olive branch in her right hand while her left supports a spear and shield. The reverse composition reflects the civic religious programme of Laodicea ad Lycum and the dedicatory role of the strategos Agrippinus as recorded in the surrounding legend. |
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Laodicea ad Lycum was among the wealthiest cities in the Lycus Valley, prosperous enough that after the catastrophic earthquake of 60 AD it famously refused imperial rebuilding funds and financed its own reconstruction — a point of civic pride the city continued broadcasting on its coinage for generations. The dedicatory inscription naming Agrippinos as strategos places this piece within a local tradition of magistrate-funded bronze issues, where the sponsoring official bore personal financial responsibility for the emission.
The strategos title here is administrative rather than military, a standard civic magistracy in Asia Minor under Roman rule. Agrippinos is otherwise unattested beyond this coinage.