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Æ22 - Vespasian ANT COL
| Issuer | Antioch of Pisidia (Galatia) |
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| Year | 76 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A togate priest, striding to the right, guides a yoke of two oxen while holding a vexillum (military standard) in his right hand, enacting the ritual of ploughing the sacred boundary (sulcus primigenius) of the Roman colony of Antioch. A crescent appears in the upper field above the scene, a device closely associated with the colonial coinage of Antiocheia ad Pisidiam. The abbreviated colonial title ANT COL appears in the field, referencing Colonia Caesareia Antiocheia. The overall composition is characteristic of the colonial foundation types struck at Pisidian Antioch under the Flavians. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Antioch of Pisidia held a unique status among Anatolian cities: a Roman colonia planted by Augustus around 25 BC to pacify the highland tribes of the Taurus region, garrisoned by veterans of the legions V Gallica and VII. That colonial identity drove a vigorous local bronze coinage, with the abbreviation COL on this issue signaling civic pride in Roman foundation rights rather than any central mint instruction. Under Vespasian, the city's output picked up alongside the broader Flavian reorganization of provincial administration following the chaos of 69 AD.