Æ22 - Marcus Aurelius COL AVG TROAD

Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — Colonia Augusta Troadensis — planted on the Aegean coast of Mysia in the early imperial period, and its colonial status gave it the rare right to strike bronze coinage in its own name. The years 177–179 correspond to Marcus Aurelius ruling jointly with his son Commodus, elevated to co-emperor in 177, which is the likely trigger for renewed civic bronze output across many eastern mints eager to mark the dynastic moment.

The Conventus of Adramyteum was the judicial district within which Alexandria Troas sat, a classification that mattered administratively but had little bearing on day-to-day civic pride.