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Æ17 - Commodus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 180-186 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝ |
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Cyzicus was one of the most economically active cities in Mysia, and its civic bronze issues under Commodus reflect the relative autonomy Roman provincial cities retained in local coinage — struck for everyday transactions the imperial mint in Rome had no interest in supplying. The city's pride in its identity is partly why so many Cyzicene bronzes survive at all: they were produced in quantity and circulated hard within a prosperous regional economy.
The six-year window of 180–186 predates Commodus's increasingly erratic rule and the executions that defined his later reign.