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Assarion - Marcus Aurelius ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Alinda |
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| Year | 147-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A tall caduceus, the herald's staff entwined with serpents, stands centrally in the field, flanked on each side by a cluster of fruit or grain, evoking themes of prosperity and commerce. The ethnic legend ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ is inscribed around the central device, identifying the issuing city of Alinda in Caria. A beaded border encircles the entire design, characteristic of hammered provincial bronze coinage of the Antonine period. |
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Alinda was a Carian city whose civic coinage under the Antonines reflects the broader phenomenon of Greek poleis asserting local identity through bronze issues at a moment when Rome offered no particular obstacle to doing so. RPC IV.2 #17411 falls within the co-regency period before Marcus Aurelius became sole emperor, placing it among the issues struck while he still held the title Caesar under Antoninus Pius.