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Æ19 - Antoninus Pius COLONIAE ANTIOCHEAE
| Issuer | Antioch of Pisidia (Galatia) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Marcus Aurelius, with short beard, facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Pisidian colonial coinage. The portrait displays characteristic youthful features of Aurelius as Caesar, with closely cropped hair and a nascent beard. The Latin legend AVRELIVS CAESAR encircles the effigy along the periphery of the flan. The flan shows the slightly irregular edge characteristic of hammered provincial bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing facing, with head turned to the left and wings spread outward in a heraldic display, rendered in bold relief typical of colonial Pisidian bronzes. The bird stands on an undecorated ground line occupying the central field of the coin. The colonial legend COLONIAE ANTIOCHEAE is disposed around the periphery in Latin capitals. The overall composition reflects the standard imperial eagle type employed by the Roman colony of Antiochia ad Pisidiam during the Antonine period. |
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Antioch of Pisidia was a Roman colony founded under Augustus specifically to project military and administrative authority over the unruly tribes of the Taurus highlands. Its colonial coinage — of which this is a product — was not issued continuously but in sporadic civic bursts tied to local magistracies and imperial events. The reign of Antoninus Pius saw a modest revival of provincial bronze across Asia Minor, driven largely by the relative peace and stable imperial finances of those decades.
The city's full colonial title, rendered on these bronzes, reflects a pride in its Augustan foundation that Pisidian Antioch maintained fiercely for centuries.