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Æ14 - Augustus ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΣ ΣΩΤΙΡΑ
| Issuer | Eumenea (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Four-line Greek inscription enclosed within a laurel wreath tied at the base. The wreath, rendered with finely detailed leaves, frames the civic legend in its entirety. This reverse type is a common format for Phrygian civic bronzes of the early Imperial period, emphasizing the authority of the local magistrate or dedicant. |
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Eumenea, a Phrygian city refounded by Attalid rulers in the second century BC and named for Eumenes II of Pergamon, passed into Roman provincial administration following the bequest of the Attalid kingdom in 133 BC. The magistrate name preserved in this issue — Kastor, son of Sotira — is characteristic of the Greek civic coinage tradition whereby local officials secured their names on bronze through the minting process, a form of municipal prestige with no Roman equivalent at this scale.