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Æ30 - Gordian III ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ Β ΑΡΧΟ
| Issuer | Cadi (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Tranquillina facing right, her hair elaborately waved and bound with a diadem, rendered in the provincial workshop style characteristic of Phrygia under Gordian III. The effigy is set within a circular field bordered by a Greek legend running around the periphery. The portraiture displays the softly modelled features typical of mid-third-century Roman provincial coinage, with visible drapery folds at the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΦΟΥ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ (Translation: Furia Sabina Tranquillina) |
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Cadi was a small Phrygian city within the Sardis conventus whose civic coinage under Gordian III frequently names local magistrates — here Aurelius Kleopatoros, serving as archon for a second term. The retention of the magistrate's name across multiple issues was a deliberate act of civic self-promotion, embedding local elite identity into the imperial bronze supply. Gordian's reign itself was cut short in 244 when his Praetorian prefect Philip the Arab engineered his death on campaign against Persia, ending one of the more productive periods for Phrygian civic bronzes.