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.
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.