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Æ18 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ (Δ with long serifs and Ω as closed ∩)
| Issuer | Hadrianeia (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 166-169 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing facing, head turned to left, wearing helmet and aegis, extending her right hand to hold a patera, and resting her left arm upon a large round shield set on the ground; an upright spear leans at her side. The goddess is rendered in the classical provincial style typical of Mysian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ, with characteristic epigraphic variants (Δ with elongated serifs and Ω rendered as a closed arch), encircles the field. |
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Hadrianeia was a city in Mysia founded by Hadrian himself, likely during his tour of the eastern provinces around 123–124 AD, and named in his honor — one of several self-named foundations he established across Asia Minor. Municipal bronze coinage from this city is scarce across all reigns, and issues attributable specifically to the co-regency period of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus are particularly thin on the ground. The distinctive epsilonless ethnic spelling ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ, combined with the idiosyncratic delta form with elongated serifs and the closed omega, points to a single workshop with identifiable habits — useful for future die-linkage study.