Æ20 - Augustus ΒΡΥΩΝ ΒΡΥΩΝΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Hierapolis in Phrygia sat within the conventus of Cibyra, one of the four judicial districts Rome established in Asia Minor to manage provincial administration without stationing a permanent governor in every city. The magistrate name ΒΡΥΩΝ ΒΡΥΩΝΟΣ — Bryon, son of Bryon — places this issue in a local tradition of civic bronze coinage where prominent families competed for the prestige of the magistracy responsible for the mint. The date aligns with Augustus's consolidation of the eastern provinces following the settlement of 27 BC, when cities like Hierapolis were asserting civic loyalty through coinage bearing his name.