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Æ24 - Trebonianus Gallus ΑΔΡΙ ϹΤΡΑ Β ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟ, ϹΕΒ
| Issuer | Hadrianopolis (Philomelium) (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 251-253 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | River god Carmeios depicted reclining to the left, his semi-nude figure leaning upon a water urn from which a stream flows; he holds a cornucopia in his left arm, symbolising abundance and the river's fertility. The composition is typical of Phrygian provincial reverses celebrating local river deities, with the exergual area occupied by the urn. The encircling legend names the local magistrate Klearchos, serving as strategos for the second time, and identifies the issuing community as the Augustan Hadrianopolitans. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΔΡΙ ϹΤΡΑ Β ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟ, ϹΕΒ (Translation: of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans, strategos for the second time, Klearchos) |
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Hadrianopolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Thracian city — was a minor civic mint operating under the conventus system, which grouped provincial towns under Roman administrative jurisdiction for legal and financial purposes. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Klearchos, places this coin within a narrowly documented sequence of local issues under Trebonianus Gallus, whose two-year reign followed the death of Decius at the Battle of Abritus in 251. Gallus's decision to conclude a controversial peace with the Goths — allowing them to withdraw with plunder and Roman prisoners — damaged his reputation almost immediately upon accession.