Æ19 - Trajan ΦΟΙΝΕΙΚΑΙωΝ

Phoenice was a city in Epirus, not to be confused with the Levantine region — the ethnic legend ΦΟΙΝΕΙΚΑΙωΝ reflects civic pride in a community whose origins were likely tied to Phoenician colonial tradition, though the city's Hellenistic identity was well established by the imperial period. Local bronze issues of this type circulated within a narrow regional economy and rarely traveled far.