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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, HADRIAN, IONIA, Miletus. Ae 36 Zeus standing
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Reference.
BMC - ;SNG von Aulock- ;SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France- ;RPC - ;
Obv: AΔPIANOC KAICAP ΟΛΙΜΠΙΟC
Laureate head right.
Rev: POVΦOV TO B ΜΙΛΗ- CΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ
Zeus standing right, wearing chlamys, holding thunderbolt, and resting hand on hip.
26.25 gr
36 mm
h
Note.
The worship of Hadrian as 'Zeus Olympios' in the east of the empire was also practiced in Miletus. A proof of this is this coinage, which the emperor explicitly names as 'ΟΛΙΜΠΙΟC'. In addition, the archaeological excavations in Miletus have been used to discover a large number of household altars who had been consecrated to Hadrian, who had inscriptions such as "The Caesar Trajan Hadrian Sebastos Zeus Olympios" (Friesen, Imperial Cults, p. 177)
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