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Æ21 - Antoninus Pius ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The river-god Rhyndakos personified as a reclining male figure, turned to the left, his right arm resting upon the stern of a ship, with a water-urn beneath him from which water flows, symbolising the eponymous river of the region. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the type in the field. |
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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, situated in Mysia near the river Rhyndacus, was a modest civic mint that struck bronze issues under the *conventus* of Cyzicus — the Roman administrative district through which provincial judicial and financial authority flowed. Under Antoninus Pius, civic bronze production across Asia Minor expanded considerably, partly because the emperor's notably stable and unwarlike reign reduced pressure on imperial mints and allowed local authorities room to assert their own coinage programs. This piece is a product of that quiet confidence.