Æ25 - Antoninus Pius ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ

Aezani, in the Phrygian interior, was a prosperous city whose civic pride rested heavily on its Temple of Zeus — one of the best-preserved Ionic temples in all of Asia Minor, substantially complete even today. Local bronze issues under Antoninus Pius reflect a city confident enough in its standing within the Sardis conventus to mint continuously across his long reign. The conventus system meant civic coinages like this required implicit Roman administrative approval, folding local identity into imperial hierarchy in a single struck object.