Apamea in Bithynia — not to be confused with the far larger Syrian city of the same name — was a Roman colony whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the emperor's unusually long co-reign with Lucius Verus and later his son Commodus. The abbreviation C I C A D D in the legend stands for Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea Dios Duodecim, encoding the city's full colonial title and its founding association with the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Apamea in Bithynia — not to be confused with the far larger Syrian city of the same name — was a Roman colony whose civic coinage under Marcus Aurelius reflects the emperor's unusually long co-reign with Lucius Verus and later his son Commodus. The abbreviation C I C A D D in the legend stands for Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea Dios Duodecim, encoding the city's full colonial title and its founding association with the Julio-Claudian dynasty.