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Hemiobol - Tiberius
| Issuer | Termessus Minor by Oenoanda |
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| Year | 14-37 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A free horse galloping vigorously to the right, rendered with energy and movement characteristic of the local Lycian bronzes of this period. All four legs are shown extended in full gallop, with the mane flowing and the tail raised. The abbreviated civic legend TEΡ and OI are disposed in the field to the left and below the horse respectively, identifying the issuing city. The composition is compact within the irregular flan, with no exergue line. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΕΡ ΟΙ |
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Termessus Minor, a Pisidian community distinct from the better-known Termessus Major near Perge, exercised an unusual degree of civic autonomy under the early Principate. The city's right to strike bronze under Tiberius reflects a local arrangement rather than any imperial initiative — Rome showed little interest in standardizing small-denomination bronze across Asia Minor, leaving civic mints to fill the gap as they saw fit. Kosmetatou's classification of this type as series XI places it within a tightly sequenced municipal output whose chronology within the reign remains debated.