Thyatira, a prosperous Lydian city on the road between Pergamum and Sardis, minted prolifically under the Severan dynasty, and the strategos Glykon named in this issue's legend was one of the local magistrates whose office carried the honor — and cost — of funding civic bronze coinage. The Greek cities of the Pergamene conventus operated under Roman supervision but retained meaningful autonomy over their bronze issues, appointing magistrates who effectively paid for the privilege of having their names struck into metal.
Provincial bronzes from Thyatira under Severus are moderately well documented but individual magistrate issues remain difficult to attribute precisely without die studies.
Thyatira, a prosperous Lydian city on the road between Pergamum and Sardis, minted prolifically under the Severan dynasty, and the strategos Glykon named in this issue's legend was one of the local magistrates whose office carried the honor — and cost — of funding civic bronze coinage. The Greek cities of the Pergamene conventus operated under Roman supervision but retained meaningful autonomy over their bronze issues, appointing magistrates who effectively paid for the privilege of having their names struck into metal.
Provincial bronzes from Thyatira under Severus are moderately well documented but individual magistrate issues remain difficult to attribute precisely without die studies.