Medallion 217-218 Thyateira Lydia, Macrinus, Thyateira, Bronze AU(50-53)

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Bust of Macrinus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right., Tyche, turreted, draped, standing left, raising her veil with her left hand and holding a statuette of Apollo Tyrimnos with his right, holding a laurel branch in his right hand and a labrys in his left., Magistrate: M. Aur. Diadochos Hippikos. Medallion of the highest rarity, only another specimen was seen in sales over the last twenty years. Very well struck, from the city of Thyateira, it depicts a superb scene including Tyche, a divinity very common in Asia Minor. She is holding a statuette of Helios Pythios Tyrimnaios Apollo (first known as Apollo Tyrimnos), the city's 'propatôr' deity, or divine ancestor. This Apollo is a syncretism between the Greek god, one of whose attributes, the laurel branch, is accompanied by an attribute indigenous to Asia Minor, the labrys. The legendary Macedonian king Tyrimnas, brought to the city by the Macedonian colonists and initially venerated in the city, was first assimilated with Apollo, before this Apollo Tyrimnos, attested under Trajan, was gradually assimilated with Helios and Pythios (epiclesis of Apollo) later on, perhaps under Hadrian or Antoninus Pius. Thus, about fifty years later, we find the main divinity of the city of Thyateira, having served to create an ancient identity for itself despite its relatively recent foundation, with the aim of winning imperial favours during the 1st and 2nd centuries, represented on the coinage of an emperor who reigned for only about 15 months, having succeeded Caracalla in 217, before being defeated by a revolt in favour of Heliogabalus the following year. BMC 110; GRPCL 337; Hochard 2513., AVT KM OΠEΛ CEBHP MAKPEINOC CEB, EΠI CTP M AVP Δ-IAΔOXOV IΠΠIKOV / ΘVA - TEI / PH - NΩ / N

 

Deutsch abbrev.	Deutsch Erhaltungsgrade	Englisch  Grades der Kühlung	Französisch États de  Erhaltung	Italienisch Stati di  conservazione
PP	Polierte Platte	Proof (PRF)	Flan bruni (FB)	Beweis
st	Stempelglanz, stempelfrisch	Stempelglanz (MS65-MS70)	Fleur de coin (FDC)	Fior di conio
-unz	fast unzirkuliert	Almost uncirculated (AU)
vz	Vorzüglich	Vorzüglich (EF oder XF)	Superbe (SUP)	Splendido
ss	Sehr schön	Sehr fein (VF)	Très Très beau (TTB)	Bellissimo
s	Schön	Fine (F)	Très beau (TB)	Molto bello

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