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Æ25 - Trajan ΑΙΤΗ ΓΑ ΠΛ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟϹ ϹΤ Β ΑΠΠΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Appia (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#2627 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Roma, helmeted and in military attire, seated left upon a pile of arms comprising a cuirass and two shields — one round (clipeus) and one oblong (scutum). She extends her right hand to present a Nike (Victory) figurine, while her left hand rests upon a sword. The multi-line Greek reverse legend naming the local magistrate is distributed around the central type. |
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Appia was a minor Phrygian settlement whose civic coinage under Trajan typically names a local magistrate — here the strategos Pollion, son of Appianus, holding his second term. These magistrate-named bronzes were not state currency in any imperial sense; they circulated hyper-locally, often within a single city's market economy, and the issuing authority derived prestige from the association with a reigning emperor rather than any formal imperial sanction.
The Conventus of Synnada grouped several such small Phrygian communities for Roman administrative purposes, and Appia's output was modest even by regional standards.