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Æ22 - Antoninus Pius COLONIAE ANTIOCHEAE
| Issuer | Antioch of Pisidia (Galatia) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Weight | 5.25 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Antioch of Pisidia held an unusual position among provincial mints: founded as a Roman colony by Augustus around 25 BC to project military control over the Taurus highlands, it retained the right to strike colonial bronze for centuries. The COLONIAE ANTIOCHEAE legend reflects that colonial status directly — this is civic pride encoded in metal, the city reminding its population and neighbors alike that it answered to Rome on its own terms.
Under Antoninus Pius, provincial bronze of this type circulated almost exclusively within the immediate region, functioning as small-change infrastructure Rome's central mints had no interest in supplying.