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Æ23 - Gordian III ΝΑΚΟΛΕΩΝ ΠΑΡΘΗΝΙΟϹ
| Issuer | Nacolea (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The river god Parthenios reclines to the left upon rocky ground, his semi-nude figure rendered in the classical manner typical of provincial bronze coinage. He holds a reed in each hand, attributes emblematic of a river deity. The figure is shown in a relaxed, recumbent posture with the body supported against the rocks, and the Greek ethnic legend of Nacolea is disposed around the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Nacolea was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Gordian III belongs to a broader burst of provincial bronze production that accompanied his reign — the last period in which the Roman imperial system reliably supported autonomous civic minting across Asia Minor before the pressures of the third-century crisis began shutting down local workshops. The ethnic legend ΝΑΚΟΛΕΩΝ ΠΑΡΘΗΝΙΟϹ references the city's claimed association with the Parthenoi, a foundation myth tying Nacolea to a group of legendary settlers.