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Æ33 - Antoninus Pius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
| Issuer | Mint of Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 147-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius, draped in paludamentum, facing right and depicted from behind in a three-quarter rear view, a relatively uncommon presentation in provincial coinage. The emperor's features are rendered in the naturalistic Antonine style characteristic of the mid-second century AD. The circumferential Greek legend runs around the bust within the field, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. |
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| Mint | Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey |
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Cyzicus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — and this coin's legend advertises that status explicitly. The city earned its first neokorate under Hadrian, and the designation carried real civic and economic weight, marking Cyzicus as a center of Roman religious administration in Mysia. The unusual Ζ rendered with horizontal crossbars in the エ form is a regional ligature or engraver's quirk documented in a narrow range of Cyzicene bronzes from this reign, and its appearance here helps place this piece within a specific workshop tradition rather than a casual die-cutter's error.