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Æ18 - Domitian ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩ
| Issuer | Cius (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in provincial style with boldly modeled features. The legend surrounding the portrait is partially visible and reads in Greek characters, identifying the emperor by his imperial titles. The flan is irregular and slightly off-center, characteristic of provincial bronze coinage of the Flavian period in Bithynia. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cius, the Bithynian port city at the mouth of the Argonauts' legendary harbor on the Propontis, issued civic bronzes under Domitian as part of a broader pattern of Greek eastern cities maintaining local coinage alongside the imperial system. The city's name appears in the genitive as ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ on issues from this period — reflecting its refoundation as Prusa on the Sea by Prusias I of Bithynia in the early 2nd century BC, a renaming that complicated the city's identity for centuries.