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Æ25 - Trajan Decius ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Synnada (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC IX#887 |
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| Reverse description | Distyle tetrastyle-style temple facade depicted in three-quarter perspective, with two prominent foreground columns flanking a central intercolumniation in which a large round shield is displayed. The pediment above is surmounted by a prominent eight-pointed star or radiate ornament at its apex. The architectural entablature and cornice are rendered with careful detail, including a dotted border along the architrave. The Greek legend ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ is inscribed in the exergue and flanking field, referencing the Dorian Ionians in a civic honorific context. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ (Translation: of the Dorian Ionians) |
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Synnada, a Phrygian city elevated to the seat of one of Asia Minor's judicial conventus under Roman administration, struck coins through local civic authority rather than imperial mint — this piece dates to the reign of Trajan Decius, who came to power after the death of Philip the Arab at the Battle of Verona in 249. The ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ reverse legend is the more interesting detail: it asserts a claimed Dorian and Ionian foundation mythology, a common honorific formula among Phrygian cities competing for prestige within the conventus system.
Civic bronze of this region effectively ceased with Gallienus's reign, making issues under Decius among the final decades of a centuries-long local minting tradition in Phrygia.