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Æ15 - Hadrian ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Dionysopolis (Phrygia) (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Translation: of the Dionysopolitans) |
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| Mint | Dionysopolis (Phrygia) |
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Dionysopolis in Phrygia was a minor civic center within the conventus of Apamea, one of the judicial districts Rome imposed on Asia Minor to administer an increasingly complex provincial population. Hadrian's reign saw a pronounced surge in civic bronze coinage across Phrygia — cities competed for imperial favor, and the act of issuing coins bearing the emperor's name was itself a political gesture, a bid for status within the conventus hierarchy.
The reference III#2576 places this among a sparsely documented group; very few specimens are recorded, and die linkage studies for Dionysopolitan issues of this period remain incomplete.