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Æ31 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΩϹ ΚΛΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Synnada (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 139-146 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned, seated to the left upon a high-backed throne, his right hand extended to present a small figure of Nike, and his left hand grasping a tall sceptre. The god is depicted in the conventional Phrygian provincial style, draped about the lower body, with the eagle occasionally associated with the type implied by the composition. The magistrate's legend, naming the prytanis Claudius Attalos, is distributed in the field and along the periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΩϹ ΚΛΑ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ |
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Synnada, a Phrygian city best known in antiquity as the source of the prized *marmor Synnadicum* — the white-veined purple marble that Roman emperors imported at enormous expense for palace floors and bath complexes — produced civic bronze coinage under named local magistrates, here the prytanis Claudius Attalus. The prytanis was the presiding officer of the civic council, and naming him on the coin was less an honor than a dating mechanism; it anchors this issue within a specific administrative year of Antoninus Pius's reign.