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Æ24 - Hadrian ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΟΛΥΝΠ
| Issuer | Hadriani ad Olympum (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with paludamentum (military cloak) visible draped over the left shoulder, the cuirass shown from the rear in the characteristic provincial style. The legend is arranged around the periphery of the flan in Greek characters. The portrait exhibits the bearded effigy standard to Hadrianic provincial coinage of the eastern mints. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hadriani ad Olympum was a city in Mysia whose very name commemorated its founder — Hadrian established or refounded it during his extensive tours of the eastern provinces, a program of civic benefaction that reshaped the urban map of Asia Minor more thoroughly than any emperor since Augustus. The city's association with Mount Olympus in Mysia gave it a distinct local identity, separate from the better-known Bithynian Olympus to the north.
Issues from this mint are rare survivals; the city's modest scale meant limited bronze production, and the conventus of Adramyteum oversaw a region where civic coinage was never prolific.