Æ33 - Antoninus Pius ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΝ ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ?

Creteia-Flaviopolis was a double-named city — a pairing that reflects the Flavian-era refoundation of an older Bithynian settlement, with the imperial surname grafted onto the toponym as a mark of dynastic loyalty. Under Antoninus Pius, provincial bronze issues from Bithynian cities proliferated partly because the emperor actively encouraged civic coinage as a mechanism for local economic administration, rarely intervening in designs or denominations. The question mark trailing the reverse legend attribution in modern references signals a genuine reading uncertainty, not editorial caution — the epigraphy on surviving specimens is badly damaged across the board.