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Æ29 - Marcus Aurelius ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
| Issuer | Chalcis (Achaea) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Weight | 17.82 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Chalcis in Euboea retained the right to strike civic bronze under the early Antonines, issuing coins in the names of the co-emperors and their predecessors as a form of municipal self-expression within the Roman provincial system. This piece falls within the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the first time Rome had operated under two equal Augusti simultaneously — an arrangement Marcus himself engineered upon his accession despite having sole legal authority to rule alone.
Provincial issues from Chalcis are sparsely documented, and the SNG reference IV.1#3525 places this among a thinly attested civic series.