Æ22 - Hadrian Α

Nicopolis ad Istrum — not to be confused with the Actium foundation — was a Moesian city, but this Nicopolis in Achaea was Augustus's commemorative foundation on the site of his camp before the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. Provincial bronze coinage struck there under Hadrian reflects the emperor's well-documented philhellenism and his multiple visits to Greece, the last confirmed in 128–129 AD when he was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries.