Æ21 - Hadrian ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ

Apamea in Phrygia was one of the wealthiest cities of the Anatolian interior, refounded by Antiochus I Soter on the site of the Phrygian settlement of Celaenae and named for his mother. Under Roman administration it became a major judicial center — the seat of one of Asia's most active assize districts — which explains the consistent volume of civic bronze coinage struck there through the imperial period. This piece belongs to a locally administered issue, not a centrally directed mint production, meaning the city itself bore the cost and initiative of striking it.