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| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 161-176 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Turreted Cybele, draped, seated left upon a throne, holding a patera in her extended right hand and resting her left arm upon a tympanum; flanked on either side by a lion seated in profile. The composition emphasises the goddess's role as Magna Mater and patron deity of the region, a common type for Lydian civic bronzes of the Antonine period. The reverse legend naming the strategos Ailios Herakleides encircles the field, confirming the magistrate's civic authority. The die-work is robust and typical of the larger provincial bronzes struck at Magnesia ad Sipylum. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛ (Α with curved crossbar) |
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| Mintage | ND (161-176) |
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