Æ20 - Claudius ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥϹΑΝΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ

Aezani, a Phrygian city best known for its extraordinarily well-preserved Temple of Zeus, struck civic bronzes under local magistrates throughout the Julio-Claudian period. The dual magistrate formula recorded here — Pausanias and Menandros — reflects the Greek administrative tradition of eponymous officials lending their names to coinage, a practice that makes precise sequential dating within a reign nearly impossible without die-link studies. Aezani fell under the Conventus of Sardis, one of the nine judicial districts Rome imposed on Asia Minor, through which proconsular authority filtered down to cities like this one.