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Æ22 - Trajan ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, Byzantion
| Issuer | Byzantium |
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| Year | 98-117 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A large, detailed bunch of grapes occupying the central field, rendered with individual berries in high relief, tapering to a point at the base in the characteristic conical form. The cluster is presented frontally without a vine stem visible. A circular Greek legend reading ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ surrounds the type within a beaded border, referencing the fourth Neikia games and identifying the issuing city of Byzantion. |
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Byzantion's civic bronze issues under Trajan are among the more historically loaded coins in the provincial series — the city sat astride the Bosporos at the precise point where Trajan's Dacian and Parthian supply lines depended on uninterrupted passage. The legend ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ, referencing a fourth victory games, places this issue within the city's tradition of agonistic festivals tied to imperial cult observance, a practice Byzantion maintained with particular enthusiasm given its strategic dependence on Roman goodwill.