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Æ20 - Antoninus Pius ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare, youthful and lightly bearded head of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, facing left. The portrait is rendered in the Antonine style with softly modelled features characteristic of his early representations. The circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tium was a minor Bithynian coastal city whose civic coinage under Antoninus Pius survives in very small numbers, almost certainly reflecting limited local production rather than subsequent attrition. The city's relative obscurity within the province meant its issues attracted little ancient hoarding and less modern study — Bithynian civic bronzes of this period remain incompletely catalogued, and die studies for Tium specifically lag behind better-documented neighbors like Nicomedia or Nicaea.