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Æ21 - Vespasian ΕΠΙ Λ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΛΟΝΓΕΙ (ΟΥ)
| Issuer | Amorium (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 69-79 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing to the left upon an uncertain object, its wings folded and tail feathers spread, rendered in a bold provincial style. The eagle, a symbol of imperial power and of Zeus, was a common reverse type on Phrygian civic bronzes. A continuous Greek legend encircles the type in the field, naming the local magistrate Lucius Antonius Longinus under whose authority the coin was struck. The overall design is characteristic of the conventus of Synnada during the Flavian period. |
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| Mint | Amorium, Phrygia |
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Amorium was a Phrygian city of middling administrative rank, assigned to the conventus of Synnada — a judicial circuit that grouped smaller communities unable to sustain independent Roman legal infrastructure. The magistrate named in the legend, Antonius Longus, held the office of grammateus or strategos at the civic level, and his name appearing on the coinage reflects the standard Flavian-era arrangement by which local elites funded and authorized bronze issues as a form of competitive civic display. Vespasian's consolidation after the Year of the Four Emperors made such provincial loyalty demonstrations politically useful on both sides.