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Æ22 - Elagabalus ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Creteia-Flaviopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Weight | 4.95 g |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | Hermes standing facing, head turned to the left, depicted nude with a chlamys draped over his left arm. In his right hand he holds a purse, while his left hand bears the caduceus, the god's distinctive herald's staff entwined with serpents. The figure stands on a ground line, rendered in the compact provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the type in the field. |
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Creteia-Flaviopolis was a small Bithynian city whose dual name reflects successive imperial renamings — the Flavian suffix almost certainly honors the Flavian dynasty, while the settlement's continued coin production under Elagabalus places it among dozens of minor Asian civic mints that briefly flourished during his four-year reign before the Severan line collapsed entirely in 235.
Provincial bronzes from this city are thinly documented; VI#3640 is not a heavily paralleled type.