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Æ30 - Domitian ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ ΔΗΜΟΣ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Aezani (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Domitian with aegis visible at the truncation, facing right. The emperor's portrait is rendered in the characteristic Flavian style, with curly hair arranged in tight locks across the forehead. A circular Greek legend runs along the periphery of the flan, partially visible due to the irregular strike. The effigy displays strong, naturalistic modelling typical of provincial portraiture under the Flavian dynasty. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ ΔΗΜΟΣ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ (Translation: the People of the Aezanites, the People of the Cadians) |
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Aezanis, situated in Phrygia, was home to one of the best-preserved temples of Zeus in all of Anatolia, and the city's civic pride was well-documented in its bronze coinage. This piece is a joint issue — a homonoia type struck between Aezanis and Kadoi, two neighboring Phrygian communities whose alliance coins were a diplomatic gesture rather than a commercial necessity. Such inter-city issues under the Flavians are relatively uncommon in the Sardis conventus and tend to survive in small numbers, as they circulated within a narrow regional zone rather than across broader trade networks.