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As - Tiberius ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Demetrias |
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| Year | 37-38 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC Online I#4500 |
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| Reverse description | A standing draped female figure, likely a personification of the city or a local deity, depicted facing left within the field. The reverse bears the civic legend ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΕΩΝ identifying the issuing city of Demetrias in Thessaly, enclosed within or accompanied by a wreath border. The design is executed in a compact, provincial style characteristic of Greek civic bronzes of the early Imperial period, with the legend serving as the primary identifying element of the coin's municipal origin. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Demetrias, the Thessalian port city founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes around 294 BC, retained its civic identity through the Roman imperial period largely by functioning as a regional administrative hub rather than a major economic center. The decision to strike in the name of Tiberius — who died in 37 AD — places this issue right at the transition to Caligula's reign, a moment when provincial mints across the Greek east briefly continued honoring the outgoing emperor before new coinage authority was established.