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Æ30 - Elagabalus ΒΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Bithynium Claudiopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Weight | 12.71 g |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Bithynium — the birthplace of Antinous, Hadrian's famously deified companion — retained its honorific title ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ (Adrianon) long after Hadrian's death, a civic distinction that carried real prestige and commercial identity well into the third century. Under Elagabalus, provincial bronzes from Bithynia continued to circulate heavily alongside imperial issues, filling a persistent gap in small-denomination coinage that Rome never adequately supplied to the eastern provinces.
The city's dual name, Bithynium-Claudiopolis, reflects its earlier refounding under Claudius.