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Æ - Achilleides
| Issuer | Priene (Ionia) |
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| Year | 150 BC - 125 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Regling Priene#165, SNG Copenhagen#1099, BMC Greek#46 |
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| Reverse description | Owl standing to right with head facing, wings closed, perched atop an amphora; an ivy branch with berry appears to the upper left and upper right of the central device. The entire composition is enclosed within a laurel wreath. The Greek legend ΠΡΙΗ to the left and ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙ ΔΗΣ to the right identifies the issuing city of Priene and the magistrate Achilleides. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΡΙΗ ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙ ΔΗΣ |
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Priene was a planned city, refounded on its current site in the fourth century BC under Macedonian patronage — Alexander the Great himself reportedly funded the Temple of Athena there. The Achilleides epithet, linking the city's coinage to the hero Achilles, reflects a local cult tradition specific to the Ionian coast rather than any pan-Hellenic convention. By the time this bronze was struck, Priene had passed under Attalid control and would soon fall to Rome following the bequest of Attalos III in 133 BC.