Æ17 - Antoninus Pius ϹΑΓΑ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟ

Iuliopolis occupied an awkward administrative position in Bithynia — a small inland town that nonetheless maintained civic coinage through much of the imperial period, likely as a function of local pride rather than genuine commercial necessity. Under Antoninus Pius the city enjoyed the broader stability of his unusually peaceful reign, during which provincial bronze issues proliferated across Asia Minor with minimal central interference from Rome.

The city's name derived from Julius Caesar, whose memory provincial communities continued exploiting for civic prestige nearly two centuries after his death.