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Æ19 - Nero ΚΥΔΩΝ
| Issuer | Cydonia (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 54-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΝΕΡ ΚΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΕΒ (Translation: to Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cydonia, the ancient Cretan city on the island's northwestern coast, maintained civic coinage under Roman imperial oversight — a privilege not automatically extended to every provincial center. That this issue bears Nero's association places it within a reign defined by the systematic erasure of predecessors: Claudius's portraits were methodically removed from public monuments following his death in 54 AD. A small Cretan bronze from a single city survives where imperial policy left little room for local ambiguity about whom to honor.