The chief aim of the book is to address the system of coin production in
the regions of Pamphylia, Pisidia and Cilicia during the third century
AD. As in much of the Roman East, cities in these regions produced their
own bronze coinage, but that this was in some respects collaboratively
achieved is shown by the use of the same obverse dies by two or more
cities, as well as the appearance of the same engraving style in
multiple cities. The most comprehensive study of these phenomena to date
is the work of Konrad Kraft, Das System der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung
in Kleinasien, which was published posthumously in 1972. The book not
only examines these questions in an area which was not explored in
detail by Kraft, but also radically reappraises his conclusions and
opens up new avenues of investigation.