Æ18 - Domitian ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ

Elaea, a small coastal city in Aeolis, served as the main port for Pergamum and derived most of its economic significance from that function rather than from any independent political weight. Under Domitian, provincial bronze issues of this scale were authorized locally and circulated within the immediate region — unlikely to travel far from the city that struck them. The city's ethnonym ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ confirms the issuing authority without appeal to Roman titulature, a choice reflecting the degree of autonomy still exercised by Pergamene conventus cities in managing small-denomination civic coinage.