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Æ37 - Antoninus Pius Π ΚΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 139-144 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ |
| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Zeus Aseis standing, turned to the right, depicted in the local Phrygian cultic tradition associated with Laodicea ad Lycum. The deity extends one hand downward to touch the head of a goat standing at his feet, while cradling an infant in his other arm, alluding to a local mythological nursing scene. The figure is rendered in a hieratic, frontal-leaning style typical of provincial Phrygian bronzes. The surrounding Greek legend naming the dedicant Publius Claudius Attalos and the city of the Laodiceans runs along the beaded border. |
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Laodicea ad Lycum occupied a commercially vital position at the junction of the Lycus and Meander valleys, and by the Antonine period the city's elite were competing openly for the prestige of funding civic coinage. The inscription naming Κλ. Ἄτταλος as the dedicating magistrate places this issue within that tradition of euergetism — the practice by which wealthy provincials underwrote public expenditure in exchange for visible, durable honor.
The Conventus of Cibyra was one of the four judicial districts into which Roman administration divided the province of Asia, and Laodicea's position within it carried real legal and commercial weight. This module — pushing 37mm — reflects civic ambition as much as anything denominational.