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Æ19 - Gordian III ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Tripolis (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Weight | 3.56 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tripolis in Lydia — not to be confused with the North African city — was a minor civic mint operating under the Sardis conventus, the Roman administrative district where local magistrates handled judicial and financial affairs. Cities within these conventus retained the right to strike bronze for local use, and Tripolis exercised that privilege sporadically across the third century. The reign of Gordian III saw a modest revival of civic bronze production across western Anatolia, partly because the emperor's campaigns against Shapur I demanded Roman silver and the eastern mints' full attention.
The reference VII.1#743 places this piece within Burnett, Amandry, and Ripollès's Roman Provincial Coinage framework.