Claudiolaodicea, Lykaonia
71 CE
AE 5.033g 21.2mm die axe 0o
obverse AYTOKPATWP KAICAP OYECΠACIANOC (Greek: supreme commander, caesar, Vespasian), laureate head right;
reverse CEBACTH NEIKH KΛAYΔIOΛAOΔIKEWN (Greek: to the emperor’s victory, of the Claudiolaodiceans), Nike standing slightly left, head left, wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left hand;
RPC Online II 1612, vA Lykien 141, SNG BnF 2320, SNGvA 5399, Lindgren-Kovacs 1384, Waddington 4778
ex Rönesans Salzgitter 2023
Claudiolaodicea was founded by Seleukos I Nikator and was one of five cities he named for his mother. In the 1st century CE, the Emperor Claudius restored it after a major fire, and thus the city was renamed Claudiolaodicea in his honor. Because it straddled the border, ancient scholars debated whether it was located in Lykaonia, Galatia, or Pisidia. It was likely in all three at one time or another. Its coinage dates from the Flavians.