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Æ25 - Gordian III ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Acmonea (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Weight | 5.69 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Artemis, depicted facing right in the act of drawing an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder while holding a bow in her extended hand. A stag stands at her feet, serving as her divine attribute. The reverse legend in Greek appears in the field, naming the issuing city. The composition reflects the standard provincial iconography associated with Artemis as a huntress deity. |
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Acmonea was a mid-tier Phrygian city that punched above its weight in civic coin production under the Severans and their successors, issuing a notably diverse series under Gordian III. These provincial bronzes were struck on local authority — the city controlled the types, the magistrates' names, and the pace of production — while Rome retained no meaningful oversight beyond tolerating the practice. The VII.1#684.1 reference places this piece within Schwertheim's corpus of Phrygian civic issues, a classification that remains the standard for this region despite its uneven coverage of die linkages.