Æ26 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΚΟΔΡΑΤΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ

Cotiaeum, a mid-sized Phrygian city on the Tembris River, had the right to strike civic bronze under Roman imperial rule — a privilege that required maintaining good standing with the provincial administration. The magistrate name in the inscription, Quadratus, anchors this piece to a specific local archonship, making it one of the more administratively traceable issues from this mint. Caracalla's reign spanned co-rule with Septimius Severus through sole rule after 211, so the precise striking date within that nineteen-year window depends entirely on die comparisons with dated parallel issues.