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Æ40 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Α ΤΥΛ ΚΡΑΤΙΠΠΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜ (ΝΩΝ?) (ΔΙϹ) ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 161-180 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius facing right, draped in paludamentum and cuirass, with a long beard rendered in short curls characteristic of his mature portraiture, seen from the centre. The imperial effigy is depicted with careful attention to facial detail, conveying authority and philosophical gravitas befitting the philosopher-emperor. The obverse legend surrounds the bust within the coin's border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
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Pergamum held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — multiple times over, and the "dis neokoros" designation on this issue reflects a civic pride verging on institutional obsession. The city leveraged each grant of neokorate status as political currency, embedding it into coinage to signal standing within the provincial hierarchy of Asia. The strategos Tullios Kratippos named in the inscription was a local magistrate whose tenure anchored the issue administratively, a common Pergamene practice for civic bronzes of this weight class under the Antonines.