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Æ33 - Hadrian ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 129-138 |
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| Weight | 23.39 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ |
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Cyzicus, one of the wealthiest cities of Mysia, had a long tradition of autonomous bronze coinage, but Hadrian's extended tour of the eastern provinces in 123–124 AD and again in 128–129 brought imperial attention — and patronage — directly to the city. The emperor's visits to Asia Minor frequently prompted local mints to produce prestige bronzes in oversized formats, partly as civic advertisement and partly as a direct response to the emperor's physical presence.
The ethnic ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ places this firmly within the city's civic series rather than the provincial koinon issues. Cyzicus held the rare distinction of a free city with the right to strike its own bronze throughout much of the imperial period.