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Æ38 - Antoninus Pius Π ΚΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 139-144 |
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| Weight | 31.62 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The inscription ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ — "dedicated" or "set up" — identifies this as a civic dedication issue, naming a local magistrate or benefactor, Attalos, as the individual responsible for commissioning the emission. Such named dedications were a recognized mechanism at Laodicea ad Lycum for prominent citizens to fund bronze coinage as a form of public euergetism, simultaneously advertising personal wealth and civic devotion.
Laodicea sat at the junction of two major road systems through the Lycus valley and was wealthy enough to maintain consistent bronze production through the Antonine period without imperial prompting.