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Æ25 - Caracalla ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure, tentatively identified as Hermes, seated to the left upon a rocky outcrop or pile of stones. His right hand holds what appears to be a caduceus, while his left arm rests upon the rock surface. An amphora or similar vessel is depicted behind the figure. The city ethnic legend ΤΙΑΝΩΝ is distributed in the field, denoting the civic authority of Tium in Bithynia. |
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Tium was a minor coastal city on the Black Sea shore of Bithynia, historically overshadowed by its more powerful neighbors Heraclea Pontica and Nicomedia. Its civic bronze coinage under Caracalla is scarce precisely because the city's municipal mint operated intermittently and at low volume — surviving examples tend to appear in small numbers even in major reference collections.
The ethnic inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ, rather than the fuller ΤΙΑΝΩΝ or a more elaborate civic formula, reflects the abbreviated conventions common to Bithynian provincial issues of this period.