CARIA. Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Domitian, 81-96. Diassarion (Bronze, 21 mm, 6.96 g, 12 h), Claudius Agelaus Frugi, epimeletes.. ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟC [KAICAP CЄBACTOC ΓЄPMANIKOC] Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ЄΠΙΜЄΛΗ TI KΛ ΑΓΛΑΟΥ ΦΡΟΥΓΙ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄ Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left and resting left elbow on column; to left at feet, panther seated left. RPC II 1218. SNG Copenhagen 49. Rare and interesting. Earthen deposits. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.
In Hellenistic times, epimeletai ('curators') were the deputies of kings who handled the affairs of a polis. Under Roman administration, epimeletes was the Greek translation of the Latin procurator.