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Æ20 - Trajan ΕΠΙ ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Acmonea (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Trajan) |
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Acmonea was a Phrygian city whose civic coinage under the Roman imperial period routinely named local magistrates in the legend — here, a certain Meneмachos held the office responsible for overseeing the mint, a practice that gave Phrygian bronze issues a quasi-accountability rare in provincial coinage. The city sat along routes connecting the Maeander valley to the interior, and its coins circulated within a tight regional economy largely invisible to Rome's central treasury.
The reference to III#2604 places this within Burnett, Amandry, and Ripollès's framework for Asia Minor provincials, though Acmonean bronzes of Trajan's reign remain sparsely documented in major collections.