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PHRYGIA. Ococleia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 24 mm, 6.39 g, 6 h), Kl. Kalobrotos, asiarch, time of Commodus as Augustus, 177-192. IЄPA CYNΚΛHTOC Draped bust of the Roman Senate to right. Rev. ЄΠΙ ΚΛ•ΚΑΛΩΒΡΟΤΟY ΟΚΟΚΛ/ΙЄΩΝ Veiled Demeter standing facing, wearing kalathos. BMC 1 = Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 704-705. Extremely rare and undoubtedly the finest known example. Extremely fine.
The pseudo-autonomous coinage of Ococleia is of extreme rarity: von Aulock knew of just three examples in two types, of which ours can be dated to circa 177-192 through the name of Kl. Kalobrotos, who also appears - as asiarch - on a coin of Commodus as Augustus. Kalobrotos is the only magistrate name attested in the entire coinage from Ococleia.
The pseudo-autonomous coinage of Ococleia is of extreme rarity: von Aulock knew of just three examples in two types, of which ours can be dated to circa 177-192 through the name of Kl. Kalobrotos, who also appears - as asiarch - on a coin of Commodus as Augustus. Kalobrotos is the only magistrate name attested in the entire coinage from Ococleia.