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Æ33 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ ΕϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ ΕΦΕϹΟϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 138-142 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, with paludamentum visible over the shoulder, presented in three-quarter frontal view. The effigy displays the emperor in full imperial regalia, with the laureate wreath rendered in fine detail. The encircling obverse legend reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the ruler as Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus. The portraiture is characteristic of early Antonine provincial die work from the Cyzicene conventus. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
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This bronze was struck to commemorate a formal homonoia — a declared alliance of concord — between Ephesus and Cyzicus, two of the wealthiest and most politically competitive cities in the Roman province of Asia. Such agreements were brokered carefully, often requiring imperial approval, and the naming of the local archon Hestiaeus in the inscription pins this to a specific magistracy within the early years of Antoninus Pius's reign. The rivalry between Asian cities for honorific titles like neokoros made these concord issues both diplomatically pointed and chronologically precise.