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Æ29 - Marcus Aurelius ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
| Issuer | Prusias ad Hypium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 164-169 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Rightward-facing head of a youthful figure wearing the Nemean lion-scalp headdress, an iconographic type combining the attributes of Heracles with the idealized portrait of Alexander the Great. The lion's jaw and mane are rendered plastically over the crown of the head, with the scalp framing the face. The civic legend of Prusias ad Hypium is disposed in the field around the type, identifying the issuing authority. This reverse type reflects the strong Hellenistic cultural identity of the Bithynian city. |
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| Mintage | ND (164-169) |
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Prusias ad Hypium — modern Konuralp in northwestern Turkey — was a Bithynian city that owed its Roman-era prosperity largely to its position along inland routes connecting the Black Sea littoral to the interior of Asia Minor. Civic bronze coinage of this type was issued on local authority, not imperial mandate, meaning the city bore the cost and made the political calculation of honoring Marcus Aurelius during a reign consumed first by the Parthian War and then by the opening pressures of the Marcomannic Wars on the Danube frontier.
The Antonine plague, which devastated the eastern provinces from roughly 165 onward, may have disrupted civic mint output across Bithynia during precisely these years.