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Æ23 - Melithon
| Issuer | Synada |
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| Year | 133 BC - 1 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣYNNAΔ MEΛITΩN AΘHNAIΩN |
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Synada, a Phrygian city that gained strategic importance under Seleucid and then Attalid control, passed to Rome following the death of Attalos III in 133 BC — the bequest that transferred the entire Attalid kingdom. Civic bronze issues like this one filled local exchange needs that Rome had little interest in managing directly, leaving Phrygian cities to operate their own bronze coinage under loose provincial oversight.
The magistrate name Melithon appears on a small cluster of Synadan issues catalogued in SNG Copenhagen, suggesting a brief but productive tenure controlling the city's mint.