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Æ19 - Hadrian ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cadi (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound, rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Asia Minor civic coinage. The effigy is depicted with a graceful neckline and layered drapery at the shoulder. The encircling Greek legend naming Sabina as Augusta frames the portrait within the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (Translation: Sabina Augusta) |
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Cadi was a small Phrygian city in the conventus of Sardis whose civic coinage under Hadrian reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronze production that his reign encouraged across Asia Minor. Hadrian actively cultivated Greek cities, traveling through the region and granting or confirming civic privileges — a policy that gave municipalities both the incentive and, arguably, the implicit license to strike bronze for local exchange.
The ethnic ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ places this firmly among the self-identifying civic issues rather than koinon coinage.