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Chalkon - Hadrian S C, Є
| Issuer | Antioch on the Orontes |
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| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare or laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, portrayed with characteristic short curly hair and beard in the Hadrianic style. The effigy is rendered in a somewhat crude provincial style typical of the Antiochene mint, with no visible surrounding legend. The portrait occupies the central field of the flan, with the bust truncated at the shoulder. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Antioch's civic bronze coinage under Hadrian is among the most systematically organized provincial issues of the second century, with denomination markers — including the Є used here — allowing even illiterate users to navigate a tiered currency system. The S C notation on a provincial issue is unusual; it likely reflects Antioch's special relationship with the Senate and imperial administration rather than any formal senatorial authorization in the Roman metropolitan sense.
At under a gram, this is the smallest denomination in the Hadrianic Antiochene sequence. Butcher's work on Syrian coinage has clarified that these tiny bronzes circulated intensively in local market contexts, which explains why survivors in collectible condition are genuinely scarce.