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Æ21 - Hadrian ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Koinon of Macedonia (Roman province of Macedonia) |
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| Year | 129-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with characteristic short beard rendered in fine detail, as is typical of Hadrianic provincial portraiture. The emperor's hair is depicted in tightly curled locks beneath the laurel wreath. The Greek legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ runs partially around the periphery of the flan, visible to the left of the bust. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Koinon of Macedonia — a league of Macedonian cities permitted by Rome to issue bronze coinage in its own name — struck this type during Hadrian's reign, almost certainly in connection with his visit to the province around 128–129 AD. Imperial tours of this scale required enormous logistical preparation and typically prompted provincial coinages as a mark of loyalty and occasion. Macedonia carried particular symbolic weight for any emperor conscious of Alexander's shadow.
The koinon's coinage authority was narrow: bronze only, for local use, entirely dependent on imperial goodwill to continue.