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Æ37 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ ΑΡΧ Β

Issuer Cadi (Conventus of Sardis)
Year 238-244
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
(Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus)
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Mintage ND (238-244)
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Cadi was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Gordian III was administered through the conventus at Sardis, one of the judicial districts Rome used to organize the Greek-speaking provinces of Asia Minor. The magistrate named in the legend — Aurelius Kleopatros — held the archonship during what appears to have been his second term, as the Β in the inscription indicates. Local magistrates in Phrygia frequently funded civic bronze issues themselves as a form of euergetism, and the archon's name appearing so prominently reflects that personal financial stake.

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