Æ27 - Septimius Severus ϹΤΡ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΘ (Ρ (Ι (Τ (ΩΝ)

Hadrianotherae was a small Mysian city whose very name advertised its imperial foundation — Hadrian established it, likely as a hunting preserve, sometime in the early second century. Provincial bronzes struck there under Septimius Severus are uncommon; the city's mint output was modest throughout its history, and the magistrate name preserved in this issue, Diogenes, is one of the few administrative details that survives for the city at all.