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Æ21 - Antoninus Pius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 147-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of the Mysia region. The laureate wreath is clearly articulated, and the drapery is visible over the emperor's left shoulder. A Greek imperial legend surrounds the effigy in the field, reading from left to right along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ |
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Cyzicus was one of the wealthiest cities in Roman Asia Minor, its civic coinage functioning as a municipal assertion of status within the conventus system — the regional judicial circuit through which Roman governors administered the province. The unusual Ζ form rendered with horizontal serifs resembling the Japanese katakana エ is not decorative caprice but a regional epigraphic convention attested in Mysian bronze issues, occasionally used to distinguish civic dies from those of neighboring mints competing for the same circulation zone.