Æ32 - Caracalla ΚΙΑΝΩΝ

Cius was an ancient Milesian colony on the Propontis — modern Gemlik on the Sea of Marmara — that retained the right to strike civic bronze under Roman rule, producing coins in its own name well into the Severan period. These provincial issues were funded and distributed locally, circulating within the city and its immediate hinterarchy rather than across the empire, which explains both their parochial character and the relative difficulty in tracing die links across specimens today.

Caracalla's co-reign with Septimius Severus beginning in 198 AD anchors the earliest possible date for this type.