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Æ37 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ Λ ΑΙΛ ΠΙΓΡΗΤΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡ, ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ Λ ΑΙΛ ΠΙΓΡΗΤΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡ, ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (Translation: under Lucius Aelius Pigres, asiarch, of the Laodiceans, neocorate) |
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Laodicea ad Lycum earned the title of neokoros — guardian of an imperial cult temple — through sustained political lobbying and financial investment in Rome's favor. The city held this honor under Caracalla, and coins of this type were almost certainly struck to advertise that status to visiting officials and merchants arriving via the Lycus valley road. The asiarch named in the inscription, L. Ael. Pigres, was a high priest of the provincial imperial cult, one of the most politically connected offices in Asia Minor.