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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8186327, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a nice addition to your collection of Flavian provincials. Imperial issues are important, of course, but they tell less than half the story. The lion&#039;s share of money in circulation, of course, were the provincial bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-ankyra-in-phrygia-and-ankyra-in-galatia-edition.380918/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-ankyra-in-phrygia-and-ankyra-in-galatia-edition.380918/">two Ankyras</a>: one in Galatia, such as yours. The other Ankyra was in Phrygia. I have none from Galatia, so I&#039;ll show a pair of coins from Phrygian Ankyra.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432240[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 4.17 g; 7 h.</p><p>Phrygia, Ankyra, AD 138-140.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΝΚΥΡ-ΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.2, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1732" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1732" rel="nofollow">1732</a> (temporary); SNG Cop 139.</p><p>Notes: The Greek obverse inscription, ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, makes no mention of the empress&#039; deified status and corresponds to FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, used on imperial issues from AD 139-140. Accordingly, RPC dates the coin to &quot;early in the reign of Antoninus Pius,&quot; and suggests &quot;c. 138-140.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432241[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 3.81 g, 7 h.</p><p>Phrygia, Ankyra, AD 147-165.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΝΚΥ-ΡΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.2, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1727" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1727" rel="nofollow">1727</a> (temporary); BMC 25.64,35-36; <i>RG</i> 5644; Sear 1774; SNG Cop 142-143; SNG von Aulock 3436; SNG Munich 99-100.</p><p>Notes: Dating this is difficult. The empress is depicted in a hairstyle used on imperial issues from 147-c. 150, but the obverse inscription corresponds to one used on imperial issues after 158. Accordingly, RPC is uncertain whether it was issued under Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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