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Æ28 - Antoninus Pius Μ ΓΑΛΕΡΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ
| Issuer | Koinon of Cyprus |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ |
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| Mintage | ND (138-161) |
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The Koinon of Cyprus — the island's provincial assembly — held the rare privilege of issuing its own bronze coinage under the Roman imperial system, a right tied directly to Cyprus's status as a senatorial province governed without a standing legion. This administrative quirk gave the Koinon unusual autonomy in civic expression, and the assembly used it consistently across the Antonine period.
The inscription naming Marcus Galerius Antoninus as son of the emperor identifies him as one of Antoninus Pius's two adopted sons-in-law, though the exact honorific context on Cypriot provincials of this type remains debated among specialists.