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Æ17 - Marcus Aurelius COL AVG TROAD
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 179 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Crispina facing right, with elaborately waved and coiled hair swept up from the nape of the neck in the characteristic Antonine style. The empress is depicted with drapery visible at the shoulder. The encircling Latin legend reads CRISPINA AVGVSTA around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | A tall tripod with cauldron occupies the central field, depicted in a schematic frontal view with three legs clearly rendered. To each side of the tripod stands a slender upright laurel branch, framing the central device symmetrically. The colonial legend COL AVG TROAD is distributed around the periphery, identifying the issuing colonia of Alexandria Troas. |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — one of the few in Asia Minor granted full colonial status, likely under Augustus — and its coins reflect that unusual standing through Latin legends at a time when Greek was the dominant language of provincial bronze coinage. Marcus Aurelius died in 180 AD, making 179 a terminal year for his reign and correspondingly late issues from this mint among the last struck in his name.