Æ15 - Augustus ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΣ

Hierapolis in Phrygia sat within the conventus of Cibyra, one of four judicial districts Rome carved out of the province of Asia for administrative convenience. The magistrate name Attalos — prominent here in the civic inscription — reflects the deep Pergamene cultural inheritance still running through Phrygian civic life generations after Attalos III bequeathed his kingdom to Rome in 133 BC. Local bronze issues of this period were strictly municipal in function, filling small-denomination gaps that Roman coinage did not bother to supply.