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AR19 - Domitian ΕΤΟΥϹ ΙΔ ΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΙΖ
| Issuer | Koinon of Lycia (Lycia et Pamphylia) |
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| Year | 95 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Two lyres displayed side by side in symmetrical composition, each instrument rendered with detailed strings and characteristic Lycian artistic style, with an owl perched atop the central junction between the two instruments. The lyre motif is a distinctive emblem of the Lycian Koinon, referencing the region's cultural association with Apollo. The Greek inscription recording the regnal year and consular date is arranged in the field around the central devices. The reverse die is struck on an irregularly shaped flan, typical of provincial silver coinage of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The legend ΕΤΟΥϹ ΙΔ ΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΙΖ — year 14, consulship 17 — dates this piece precisely to 95 AD, the same year Domitian executed his cousin Flavius Clemens on charges of atheism, a charge widely understood as crypto-Christianity or Judaism. The Koinon of Lycia issued provincial silver in this period under close imperial supervision, with the dating formula itself functioning as a loyalty mechanism, anchoring local coinage to the emperor's regnal and consular calendar rather than local eras.