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Æ24 - Antoninus Pius ΑϹΚΑΛωΝ ΕΝϹ
| Issuer | Ascalon (Syria) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ (Translation: Antoninus Augustus) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ascalon, one of the ancient Philistine coastal cities, retained remarkable civic autonomy under Roman rule and maintained an active local bronze coinage throughout the Antonine period. The city reckoned dates by its own municipal era beginning in 104 BCE, a calendrical independence that reflects the negotiated status Ascalon held — never formally absorbed into the provincial administrative grid the way most Syrian cities were.
The reign of Antoninus Pius saw a notable expansion of provincial civic coinage across the eastern empire, in part because the emperor actively avoided military expenditure and redirected resources toward civic institutions.