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Æ17 - Trajan ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΡΜΕ
| Issuer | Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 113-114 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ Δ |
| Reverse description | Athena standing left, wearing helmet and aegis, extending a patera in her right hand over a lighted altar; her left hand rests on a tall spear held vertically. A round shield is placed at her feet to the right. The composition is a standard Pontic civic type evoking the city's religious identity, with the encircling legend identifying the issuing city and the regnal year of issue according to the local Amisene era. |
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Amisus held the rare status of a free city within the Roman provincial framework of Bithynia-Pontus — a privilege dating back to arrangements under Pompey and maintained through the imperial period. The legend ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ, "of free Amisus," was not ceremonial shorthand but a legally meaningful claim, reflected in the city's right to strike its own civic bronze. The era date ΡΜΕ (year 145) anchors this piece to the local Pontic era, calculated from 48/47 BC.