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Æ32 - Hadrian ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΟΛΥΝΠΩ
| Issuer | Hadriani ad Olympum (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#1613 |
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| Reverse description | Zeus enthroned seated left upon an ornate throne, his extended right hand presenting a figure of Nike (Victory) standing upon a globe, while his left hand rests upon a tall sceptre. The composition reflects the iconographic tradition associating the city's patron deity with the nearby Mount Olympus, reinforcing the civic identity expressed in the reverse legend. The rendering follows standard provincial die-cutting conventions of the Hadrianic period in Mysia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΟΛΥΝΠΩ (Translation: of the Hadrians near Olympus) |
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Hadriani ad Olympum was a city in Mysia whose very name commemorated the emperor's refounding or significant patronage of the settlement — a common Hadrianic practice across the Greek East, where the emperor's building programs and personal tours generated a wave of civic renaming. The title ΠΡΟϹ ΟΛΥΝΠΩ, meaning "near Olympus," distinguished it from the several other Hadrianic foundations bearing similar names, anchoring civic identity to the nearby Mysian Olympus rather than to any imperial whim.
Issues from the Adramyteum conventus are scarce in any condition. The conventus itself was administratively minor, and its constituent cities struck in comparatively small volumes.