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| Issuer | Heraclea Salbace (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 54-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Goddess standing, left, holding double axe |
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| Mintage | ND (54-68) - - |
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Heraclea Salbace was a small Carian city whose coinage output under the Julio-Claudians was modest and geographically constrained — issues rarely traveled far, which partly explains why survivors in any condition are uncommon. The magistrate name Γλύκων (Glykon) appears across a handful of civic bronzes from this region, suggesting either a single prominent local priest holding office across multiple issues or a family name recycled through successive appointments.
The designation ΙΕΡΕΥΣ — priest — confirms this was a civic-religious magistracy, not a civic administrative one. Priestly authority and coin-issuing rights frequently overlapped in Carian civic life under Roman provincial reorganization.