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Æ20 - Gordian III ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Civic mint of Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea, Phrygia) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Acmonea was a minor Phrygian city that punched above its weight in civic coinage output during the third century, issuing bronzes under a string of emperors with a consistency that suggests a well-organized local magistracy. The city sat on a productive agricultural plain and held enough civic pride — and presumably enough bronze — to maintain its mint through the political chaos of Gordian III's turbulent reign, which ended with his death on campaign against Persia in 244 AD, almost certainly at the hands of his own officers.