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Æ17 - Marcus Aurelius ΙοΥΛΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Iulia (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 161-176 |
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| Weight | 3.54 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
| Reverse description | Nude standing figure of Poseidon facing left, his right foot raised and resting upon the prow of a ship, holding a dolphin in his outstretched right hand and a long trident in his left. The composition conveys divine authority over the sea, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Phrygian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ appears in the field, denoting the civic identity of the issuing community of Iulia. |
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Iulia was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the broader pattern of Greek imperial bronzes issued across Asia Minor following Rome's reorganization of the region's administrative conventus system under Synnada. These small civic pieces were struck on local authority, not imperial directive, and circulated almost exclusively within their issuing community — effectively invisible to Roman monetary administration in Rome itself.