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Æ20 - Marcus Aurelius ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus facing right, with characteristically thick, curly hair rendered in the Antonine style. The portrait exhibits a draped and cuirassed bust truncation, presenting the emperor in a naturalistic profile. The Greek imperial legend encircles the bust, running along the periphery of the flan within a raised border. |
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| Mintage | ND (161-169) |
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Tium was a minor coastal polis on the Black Sea shore of Bithynia whose civic coinage under the Antonines reflects the town's modest ambitions rather than any particular prosperity. Under Marcus Aurelius, the city struck bronze in the early co-reign years alongside Lucius Verus, though issues attributable solely to Marcus — as this piece appears to be — suggest the mint was operating selectively rather than continuously. The ethnic ΤΙΑΝΩΝ confirms civic issue rather than any league or koinon affiliation.