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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius Μ ΓΑΛΕΡΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ
| Issuer | Koinon of Cyprus |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The Koinon of Cyprus — the island's federal assembly of cities — held the rare privilege of issuing its own bronze coinage under Roman rule, a concession tied to Cyprus's status as a senatorial province governed by a proconsul rather than an imperial legate. This administrative distinction mattered: senatorial provinces retained more of their civic and monetary traditions than those under direct imperial control. The inscription naming Galerius Antoninus as son of the emperor likely references Marcus Galerius Antoninus, Pius's son-in-law, connecting the issue to a specific moment of dynastic presentation on the island.