During the reign of Augustus, eight colonies were established in Pisidia, but only Antioch was honoured with the title of Caesarea and given the right of the Ius Italicum, maybe because of its strategic position. The city became an important Roman colony which rose to the position of a capital city with the name of "Colonia Caesarea".
One of the three surviving copies of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the famous inscription recording the noble deeds of the Emperor Augustus was found in front of the Augusteum in Antioch. The original was carved on bronze tablets and exhibited in front of the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, but unfortunately has not survived. The Antioch copy on stone was written in Latin which is a sign of the importance of the city as a military and cultural base of Rome in Asia.
Modern location: Northeast of Yalvaç, Turkey
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Reverse: MENSIS COL CAES ANTIOCH, Mên standing with foot on bucranium, facing, head right, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long scepter and Nike; behind his shoulders, crescent; to left, cock standing, facing left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 9.07 g
Reverse: Fortuna standing left, holding branch and cornucopia; FORTVNA COLONIA ANTIOCH
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5 g
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Reverse: FORTVNA COLO ANTIOCH, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.34 g
Reverse: she-wolf right suckling Romulus and Remus; tree behind; ANTIOSHI COL / SR
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 13.7 g
Reverse: Female (Antioch?) standing left, wearing kalathos, peplos and chiton, holding branch and cornucopia; ANTIOCH__GEN COL CA
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.8 g
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Reverse: ANTIOCHE GEN COL C, Genius standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 5.02 g
Reverse: NTIOCHI COL A S R, vexilium surmounted by eagle, between two legionary eagles
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.9 g