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Æ25 - Hadrian ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗΣ
| Issuer | Caesarea Germanica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Sabina facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a diadem. The effigy is rendered in a refined provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic coinage of the Hadrianic period. The Greek legend ΣΑΒΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ encircles the bust, identifying the empress as Augusta. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of the city's fortune, stands facing left in full figure, draped in a long chiton. She holds a rudder downward in her extended right hand, symbolising guidance of the city's destiny, and a cornucopia in her raised left hand, denoting abundance. The encircling Greek legend ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗΣ identifies the issuing city of Caesarea Germanica. |
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Caesarea Germanica, a small inland city in Bithynia, was granted the right to strike bronze coinage under Roman imperial authority — a privilege that carried civic prestige far exceeding the coins' practical monetary value. The city's name preserved its Germanica honorific, likely derived from an earlier grant under the Julio-Claudian dynasty, though its exact eponymous origin remains debated among specialists.
Hadrian's provincial tour of Bithynia circa 123–124 AD stimulated renewed civic coinage across the region, and several cities issued bronzes in direct response to the emperor's presence or anticipated visit.