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Æ27 - Severus Alexander ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Creteia-Flaviopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ? ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Creteia-Flaviopolis was a minor Bithynian city whose double name reflects two distinct phases of Roman patronage — the original settlement of Creteia absorbed into a refounded colony honoring the Flavian dynasty, likely under Vespasian or Domitian. By the Severan period, civic bronze issues like this one were produced almost entirely for local prestige rather than practical exchange, funding local festivals and demonstrating the city's right to strike coinage, a privilege Roman emperors could and did revoke.