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Æ28 - Hadrian ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΔΡΥΜΙΚΟΥ ΒΡΟΖΗ ΚΑΙ
| Issuer | Bruzus (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in the prevailing provincial style with naturalistic portrait features including a short beard and curled hair beneath the laurel wreath. The effigy is depicted with bare neck and occupies the central field. A Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bruzus was a minor Phrygian settlement whose civic coinage under Hadrian depended entirely on the authority of named local magistrates — here Rufinus Drymikos, whose name appears in the genitive as issuing authority. The inclusion of both a Roman name and a Greek cognate in the same magistrate's titulature reflects the layered identity of provincial elites in the Apamean conventus during this period. These small civic bronzes circulated hyperlocally and rarely traveled far from their issuing community, which explains why surviving specimens tend to show heavy provincial wear.