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ID:     227
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     PHRYGIA
City:     Apameia
Issuer:     Hadrian
Date Ruled:     AD 117-138
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 20
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 117-138
Diameter:     20 mm
Weight:     5.28 g
Obverse Legend:     AΔPIANOC KAI CEB
Obverse Description:     laureate bust right, aegis tied at shoulder.
Reverse Legend:     AΠ AMEΩN MARCYAS KIBΩTOI
Reverse Description:     The river god Marsyas reclining left, holding a loft rhyton and double flute, resting on rocky outcrop with amphora from which water flows; five chests placed on the height above.
Mint:     Apameia
Primary Reference:     BMC PHRYGIA P. 96, 155
Reference2:     SNG Copenhagen 211
Reference3:     SNG von Aulock 3492.
Photograph Credit:     Tom Vossen
Source:     https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/tom_vossen/165/product/phrygia_apameia_hadrian_98117_ad_ae_20mm_528_gm_bmc_phrygia_p_96_155/414955/Default.aspx
Special Comments:     The figure on the reverse is not the satyr Marsyas, who does have his mythological orgins in Phrygia, but rather the personification of the river Marsyas, which flows from a spring in the heights above Apamea and eventually joins the Maeander. Apamea was
Grade:     aVF