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Æ18 - Demetrios, Kokos and Sopatros
| Issuer | Ephesos |
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| Year | 48 BC - 27 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Two stags standing facing one another, flanking a central torch of Artemis set vertically in the field; the stags are rendered in fine profile with clearly detailed antlers. The magistrates' names ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ and ΚΩΚΟΣ appear in the upper field to left and right respectively, with ΕΦ (abbreviation for Ephesos) and ΣΩΠΑΤΡΟΣ distributed in the lower field. The composition is characteristic of Ephesian civic bronze issues of the late Republican period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΚΩΚΟΣ ΕΦ ΣΩΠΑΤΡΟΣ |
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This issue names three magistrates — Demetrios, Kokos, and Sopatros — placing it within Ephesos's late Republican magistrate coinage, a series produced while the city navigated the violent instability of Rome's civil wars. Ephesos changed hands repeatedly during this period, serving as a base for Brutus and Cassius before Antony effectively made it the administrative capital of the Roman East after Philippi in 42 BC. The city's mint remained active throughout, issuing civic bronzes that functioned alongside Roman currency in a region under constant military and fiscal pressure.