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Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΚΤωΡ ΙΛΙΕωΝ
| Issuer | Ilium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 161-162 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Λ οΥΗΡο ΑΥ Κ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοϹ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ilium — the city built over the ruins of Troy — maintained an aggressive civic identity around its Trojan heritage throughout the imperial period, and coins invoking Hector served a pointed political function: flattering the emperor by drawing a line from Trojan ancestors to Rome's founding myth. The issue dates to the very opening of Marcus Aurelius's reign, when newly installed emperors were particularly receptive to such gestures from provincial cities angling for imperial favor.
The Conventus of Adramyteum was one of the less prominent assize districts of Asia, and civic bronzes from its constituent cities are considerably scarcer than those of Ephesus or Pergamon.