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Æ26 - Claudius ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΦΡΕΙΝΟΥ
| Issuer | Iconium (Galatia) |
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| Year | 41-54 |
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| Weight | 10.20 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Claudius facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with detailed wreath of laurel leaves tied at the nape. The portrait occupies the central field with bold relief, surrounded by a beaded border. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs along the periphery, partially visible on the irregular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Iconium's bronze issues under Claudius belong to a period when the city was navigating an awkward provincial identity — technically part of Galatia under Roman administration, yet deeply Hellenized and already beginning the push for recognition that would eventually see it reclassified under Lycaonia. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Afreinus, anchors this piece to a specific local official otherwise nearly invisible in the literary record.
Provincial bronzes of this type rarely traveled far from their issuing city, serving hyper-local exchange while Roman imperial silver handled longer-distance commerce.