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Æ19 - Hadrian ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕωΝ
| Issuer | Iconium (Galatia) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Athena facing right, wearing a high-crested Corinthian helmet and adorned with the aegis across the chest, its scaled surface and gorgoneion visible at the breast. The goddess is rendered in the civic Greek artistic tradition typical of Galatian provincial coinage of the second century AD. The ethnic legend ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕωΝ, meaning 'of the Claudians of Iconium', encircles the field, referencing the city's honorific title granted under Claudius. The flan is irregular, as is characteristic of hammered provincial issues. |
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| Mintage | ND (117-138) |
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Iconium sat at a crossroads that made it administratively awkward — technically assigned to Galatia by the Romans, yet culturally Phrygian and later Lycaonian in character, a tension the city's coinage quietly reflects. Under Hadrian, provincial civic mints like Iconium were explicitly permitted to strike bronze for local circulation, a policy tied to Hadrian's broader program of touring and flattering the eastern provinces between 123 and 129 AD. His visit to the region is historically attested, and coins bearing the city's ethnic in Greek represent civic pride as much as practical necessity.