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Æ15 - Augustus ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 10 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ |
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Laodicea ad Lycum sat at the junction of the Lycus and Maeander valleys, a position that made it one of the wealthier cities in Phrygia and a significant stop on the road east from Ephesus. The magistrate name ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ appearing on this issue identifies it as a civic bronze struck under local authority — a reminder that Augustus permitted Greek cities of Asia Minor to maintain their own bronze coinage, reserving the imperial monopoly for silver and gold. Sosthenes held the grammateus or strategus role responsible for authorizing the type, and his name is our primary tool for dating these issues within the conventus series.