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Æ17 - Tiberius ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹΙΛ ΠΡΕϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
| Issuer | Koinon of Galatia |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Weight | 4.58 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Emperor Tiberius facing right, rendered in the restrained Classical style typical of early imperial provincial coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic features with a smooth, unadorned head, the legend ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ disposed around the field. The die-work, while characteristic of a provincial mint, conveys the imperial effigy with reasonable fidelity to official Roman portraiture of the Julio-Claudian period. |
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| Reverse description | A hexastyle temple depicted in frontal elevation, shown with six columns supporting a pediment, rendered in the schematic style common to Galatian provincial bronze coinage. Steps are visible at the base of the structure. The legend ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹΙΛ ΠΡΕϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, referring to the high priest of the imperial cult (basileus presbys Sebastos), is disposed around the field, identifying the magistrate responsible for the issue. |
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The Koinon of Galatia — the provincial assembly of Roman Galatia — issued coins under delegated authority rather than full civic autonomy, making its bronzes political instruments of a peculiarly indirect kind. The legend ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹΙΛ ΠΡΕϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ references the presiding magistrate of the Koinon, a rotating office held by prominent local elites who leveraged the role for status within the Roman patronage system. Galatia had been a client kingdom under Amyntas until his death in 25 BC, after which Augustus converted it directly into a province — one of the earliest such conversions in Anatolia.