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Æ22 - Hadrian COL IVL - AVG DIENSIS, D D (in field)
| Issuer | Dium (Roman province of Macedonia) |
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| Year | 129-138 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Macedonian colonial coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic close-cropped beard and laureate wreath. The surrounding Latin legend reads IMP CAIS HADRIANO AVG OLVMPIO, inscribed along the periphery of the flan. The die work is typical of a provincial mint, with somewhat rough but expressive modeling of the imperial effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAIS HADRIANO AVG OLVMPIO |
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Hadrian visited Macedonia during his extensive eastern tour of 124–125 AD, and Dium — the ancient Macedonian royal city at the foot of Mount Olympus — was among the colonies that responded with a burst of civic bronze coinage. The D D in field, standing for decreto decurionum, indicates this piece was authorized by the local council of magistrates, a procedural detail that distinguishes colonial civic issues from centrally mandated production.
Dium held the status of a Roman colonia under the title Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensis, a designation tracing back to Augustan-era settlement. That the colony still struck bronze under Hadrian reflects the limited but real monetary autonomy retained by such foundations well into the second century.