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BITHYNIA. Claudiopolis (as Bithynium). Commodus, 177-192. (Bronze, 22 mm, 5.78 g, 6 h). ΑVYΤ Κ Μ ΑYΡ ΚΟΜΜΟ-ΔΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC Laureate head of Commodus to right. Rev. ΒΙΘΥΝΙEΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ Draped bust of Antinoos to right. RG 25 = Waddington 236. RPC IV.1 Online temp. 4743. Very rare. Slightly rough and with a few cleaning marks, otherwise, about very fine.
Antinoos, the youthful lover of the emperor Hadrian, was from the rural region of Mantineion close to the Bithynian polis of Claudiopolis. Very little is known about him. After his death, Hadrian had him deified and established his cult throughout the Empire. It is uncertain but very likely that his cult also existed in his hometown, thus his appearance here on a coin struck under Commodus.
Antinoos, the youthful lover of the emperor Hadrian, was from the rural region of Mantineion close to the Bithynian polis of Claudiopolis. Very little is known about him. After his death, Hadrian had him deified and established his cult throughout the Empire. It is uncertain but very likely that his cult also existed in his hometown, thus his appearance here on a coin struck under Commodus.