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Æ32 - Caracalla ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Hieropolis (Phrygia) (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Zeus striding vigorously to the right, nude or semi-draped, extending his right arm forward to hurl a thunderbolt and cradling an eagle in his left hand, with the aegis draped over his left arm as a divine attribute. A second eagle stands at his feet to the right, serving as a symbol of divine authority. The composition fills the flan dynamically, consistent with the iconographic conventions of Phrygian civic bronze coinage under the Severan dynasty. The ethnic legend of the issuing city appears in the field or along the periphery. |
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| Mint | Hieropolis, Phrygia |
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Hieropolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with Hierapolis of the hot springs — was a minor civic mint operating under the broader administrative umbrella of the Apamean conventus, one of the judicial assize districts Rome used to organize provincial administration in Asia Minor. Cities within these districts competed aggressively for honorific titles and the right to strike bronze coinage, since local issues functioned as civic propaganda as much as currency. Caracalla's reign saw a notable surge in provincial bronze output across Asia Minor, partly because his Constitutio Antoniniana of 212 AD extended Roman citizenship to virtually all free inhabitants of the empire, generating fresh appetite for coins bearing the new emperor's titles.
V.2 #1055 places this piece within a well-documented but thinly populated series for Hieropolis specifically.