Æ24 - Antoninus Pius ΖΕΥϹ ΑΚΡΑΙΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤωΝ

Zeus Akraios — Zeus of the Mountain Peaks — was a cult title specific to Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the very territory of the Magnetes. The decision to invoke this localized epithet on a civic bronze under Antoninus Pius reflects the broader Antonine-era policy of encouraging regional religious identity within the Greek provinces, a subtle way of keeping municipal pride channeled into loyalty rather than dissent. The Magnetes had long claimed a distinct ethnic identity separate from Thessalian leagues, and their coinage consistently reinforced that separateness.