Assarion - Nero ΑΠΕΛΛΑΣ ΑΘΗΝΑΓΟΡΟΥ ΥΔΡΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Hydrela was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Nero represents one of the more obscure corners of provincial bronze production in Asia Minor. The city struck under the authority of local magistrates — here Apellas, son of Athenagoras — whose names appear on the coinage as a mark of civic responsibility rather than imperial appointment. This magistrate series is poorly documented outside the RPC and von Aulock corpora, and die links between SNG von Aulock 321 and 322 suggest a very limited production run from a single obverse die.