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Æ44 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΩΕϹ Κ ΑΡΧ ΤΑΤΙΑΝοΥ ϹΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Silandus (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 177-179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of Commodus as Caesar, seen from the front, facing right, with laureate head. The obverse legend surrounds the effigy in Greek characters, identifying the young co-emperor. The portraiture reflects the early, idealized rendering of Commodus prior to his sole reign, consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the Antonine period. |
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| Reverse description | Marcus Aurelius, in full military dress and holding a spear, stands erect in a biga advancing left. Above the emperor, Nike flies to the right, extending a palm branch in one hand while crowning the emperor with a wreath in the other, symbolizing imperial victory. The reverse legend in Greek records the name and title of the presiding archiereus and city magistrate Tatianus of the Silandeans, a formula typical of Lydian civic coinage struck under local religious and civic authority. The composition is bold and dynamic, characteristic of large provincial bronzes from the Sardis conventus during the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. |
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Silandus was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage depended almost entirely on the goodwill of wealthy local magistrates willing to fund issues at their own expense — the archiereus named in this legend, Tatianos, held the provincial high priesthood of the imperial cult, which gave him both the religious authority and the financial incentive to sponsor a large-module bronze of this kind. Issues struck under named Lydian magistrates from this period frequently survive as singletons or near-singletons, the production runs having been small and the city's subsequent history unremarkable enough that hoarding was rare.