Æ21 - Hadrian ΔΗΜΟΦΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Hadriani ad Olympum was one of several cities in the Mysian interior that either took or were granted the emperor's name during his reign — a civic honor tied directly to Hadrian's unusually active touring of the eastern provinces between 123 and 131 AD. The magistrate name ΔΗΜΟΦΙ likely abbreviates a local official whose full tenure is unattested outside bronze issues of this type. The conventus of Adramyteum administered a sprawling stretch of northwestern Asia Minor, and civic bronzes from its smaller constituent communities are considerably scarcer than those from Adramyteum itself.