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Æ17 - Antoninus Pius ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Hadriani ad Olympum (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (138-161) |
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Hadriani ad Olympum was a small Mysian city whose very name advertised its Roman patronage — it had been refounded or significantly benefited under Hadrian, and the civic coinage under Antoninus Pius reflects an ongoing effort to assert that imperial connection a generation after the city's elevation. The legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ is a civic genitive claiming Hadrian's people, a formula that persisted well into successive reigns as a matter of local prestige rather than current politics.
The conventus of Adramyteum grouped several such minor Mysian communities for administrative and juridical purposes. Bronze issues from these smaller centers circulated locally and rarely traveled far.