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Æ28 - Septimius Severus ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bithynium Claudiopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bithynium-Claudiopolis held particular dynastic significance under Septimius Severus: the city was the birthplace of Antinous, the deified favorite of Hadrian, and civic bronze issues from this mint routinely invoked the Hadrianic connection through the ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ethnic — a deliberate appeal to imperial prestige that dated back generations. By Severus's reign the title had become a mark of civic identity rather than active Hadrianic patronage, but cities in Bithynia competed fiercely for honorific epithets and kept them stamped on local bronze long after the original grant.