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Æ22 - Vespasian ΕΠΙ Λ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΝΑΣΩΝΟΣ (ΠΙ)
| Issuer | Koinon of Bithynia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 69-79 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Domitian facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Bithynian coinage under the Flavian dynasty. The portrait is set within the coin field without a border, with the legend disposed around the periphery. The effigy displays characteristic Flavian portraiture with a laurel wreath and short-cropped hair. The Greek legend ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙ (Domitianus Caesar, Son of Augustus) encircles the bust, identifying Domitian in his role as Caesar and son of Vespasian. |
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| Reverse description | A round, convex shield with a central boss depicted in the field, with a spear placed diagonally behind or across it, presented as military emblems symbolic of Roman provincial authority. The design is rendered in low relief typical of Flavian-era provincial bronze coinage. The Greek legend naming the proconsul Lucius Antonius Naso as magistrate runs around the periphery of the reverse field, referencing his role as the issuing authority for this Koinon coinage. |
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The Koinon of Bithynia held the right to strike bronze provincial coinage under Rome, and the magistrate name preserved here — L. Antonius Naso — appears as governor of Bithynia-Pontus during Vespasian's reign, placing this issue within the early Flavian reorganization of eastern provincial administration following the chaos of 69 AD, the Year of the Four Emperors. Vespasian moved quickly to reassert central authority over the eastern provinces, and coinages like this one reflect the cooperative machinery between Rome and the provincial koinon.
The abbreviation ΠΙ in the legend likely denotes a specific civic or administrative subdivision within the Bithynian league, though its precise attribution remains debated among specialists.