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Æ30 - Trajan ΑΙΤΗϹΑΜΕΝΟΥ ΓΑ ΑϹΙΝ ΦΡ (Υ)ΓΙ ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Alia (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Asia Minor civic coinage. The effigy displays the characteristic portrait features of Trajan with a laurel wreath. A Greek imperial legend encircles the bust, reading clockwise around the periphery of the flan. The coin surface bears a deep olive-green patina consistent with long burial, with the legend partially legible despite significant wear and corrosion. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΟ ΝΕΡΟΥΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar son of the divine Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus) |
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Alia was a minor Phrygian city in the conventus of Apamea whose civic coinage under Trajan survives in tiny numbers — the legend fragment ΑΙΤΗϹΑΜΕΝΟΥ suggests this issue was struck at the request of a local magistrate or civic body, a formulaic but historically meaningful detail that records active municipal self-governance under Roman provincial administration. Phrygia's cities competed fiercely for the right to strike bronze, and securing imperial permission was itself a civic achievement worth commemorating in the die.