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Æ38 - Marcus Aurelius ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Heraclea Salbace (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Weight | 25.72 g |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, the god of medicine, depicted seated to the left upon a throne or rocky seat, his body partially draped. He extends his right hand forward, offering a patera from which a large serpent rears upward to feed, the snake's sinuous coil prominently rendered in the left field. In his left hand he holds his characteristic knotted staff. The composition is typical of Carian provincial reverses honoring healing deities, and the legend naming the citizens of Heraclea frames the scene in the field around the figure. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ |
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Heraclea Salbace was a minor Carian city whose civic coinage depended almost entirely on the goodwill of the Roman provincial administration — issues were typically tied to imperial visits, accessions, or the appointment of a new governor of Asia. This piece falls within the co-regency years of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, a period when eastern mints flooded the market with loyalty issues as Rome prosecuted the Parthian War. Whether this coin was struck to mark accession or to honor a specific benefactor of the city is unresolved in the epigraphic record.