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Apollonia Mordiaeum occupied an awkward position among the cities of Pisidia — semi-autonomous under Seleucid influence, then absorbed into the Roman provincial system after Pompey's reorganization of the East in 64 BC. Bronze civic issues of this kind were produced to facilitate local exchange when no larger authority saw fit to supply the region with coin, and Pisidian cities were frequently left to manage their own small-denomination needs. The SNG Copenhagen and Pisidiens references collectively document significant die variation across this type, suggesting production in multiple irregular campaigns rather than sustained organized minting.