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Æ21 - Augustus ΚΥΔΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ
| Issuer | Cydonia (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΥΔΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ (Translation: of the Cydonians) |
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| Mintage | ND (27 BC - 14 AD) |
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Cydonia, the ancient Cretan city on the northwestern coast, maintained civic coinage into the Augustan period — unusual for a Greek city that had been thoroughly absorbed into the Roman provincial system by the late first century BC. The city's mint activity under Augustus likely reflects the relative autonomy Rome permitted to established urban centers in Crete et Cyrenaica, the joint province created in 27 BC.
The ethnic ΚΥΔΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ confirms local civic authority over the issue rather than direct Roman minting control.