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Æ37 - Commodus ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Hadrianopolis (Philomelium) (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 180-182 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Triptolemus, the mythological hero of agriculture, depicted standing in a biga drawn by two serpents, moving to the right. The figure is shown in the act of sowing, gathering seeds in the folds of his chlamys held before him. The scene alludes to the Eleusinian myth of Triptolemus spreading agriculture across the world, a motif popular in Phrygian civic coinage. The ethnic legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ encircles the reverse field, identifying the issuing city of Hadrianopolis. |
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| Mint | Hadrianopolis, Phrygia, Turkey |
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Hadrianopolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the better-known Thracian city — was a minor civic mint that seized on the early reign of Commodus to assert local identity through bronze coinage. The city's full Greek ethnic legend, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, was a deliberate assertion of the Hadrianic foundation the city claimed, whether or not that origin was strictly historical. Civic bronzes of this size from Phrygian Hadrianopolis are poorly represented in major collections, with relatively few dies documented compared to larger conventus centers like Synnada or Apameia.