Æ17 - Marcus Aurelius Α

Nicopolis ad Isthmon was a minor Achaean civic mint operating under the looser provincial arrangements of the early Antonine period, when local Greek cities retained enough autonomy to strike small bronze for regional circulation. The city's output under Marcus Aurelius is sparse, and the survival rate for these tiny civic bronzes is poor — most circulated heavily through local market use before disappearing into the archaeological record.