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Æ21 - Gordian III ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Hadrianeia (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, rendered as seen from the rear in the characteristic three-quarter back view common to provincial issues of this period. The paludamentum is visible across the shoulder, and the cuirass suggests a military presentation befitting an emperor on campaign. The surrounding field is heavily worn, with the encircling Greek legend largely obscured on this example. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus) |
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Hadrianeia was a minor inland city of Mysia, almost certainly founded as a refoundation or renaming under Hadrian in the early second century — one of several Asian cities that owed their civic identity, and often their right to mint, directly to imperial patronage. By the reign of Gordian III, the city was issuing bronze under the authority of the Adramyteum conventus, the Roman judicial district that administered the surrounding region. Local bronze of this type circulated as small change within the city and its immediate territory, never traveling far.