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Æ20 - Trajan ΓΕΡΜΑ ΔΑΚΙΚω ΑΒΔΗΡΕΙΤΑΙ
| Issuer | Abdera (Thracia) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Laureate male head, possibly a deity or heroic figure, facing right, rendered in a compact provincial style characteristic of Abderite bronze issues. The portrait is encircled by a Greek legend in the field attributing the honorific titles Germanicus and Dacicus to Trajan and identifying the issuing civic authority as the Abderites. The die work is somewhat rough, consistent with local municipal production. The overall type reflects the Greek civic tradition of honouring the reigning emperor through municipal coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abdera's civic bronze issues under Trajan reflect the city's continued autonomy in striking local currency well into the imperial period — a privilege not uniformly extended across Thrace. The reverse legend pairing of ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ ΔΑΚΙΚΩ with the ethnic ΑΒΔΗΡΕΙΤΑΙ is a deliberate civic advertisement, attaching Trajan's hard-won military titles to the city's own name as a form of political alignment with Rome's moment of maximum expansion. Dacia fell in 106 AD; these titles appearing on Abderian bronze place the issue firmly after that conquest.