Æ30 - Valerian and Gallienus ΤΑΡϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ - Γ / Β
Features
| Issuer |
Tarsus
(Cilicia)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 253-268 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14.56 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 509281 |
| References | RPC Online X# 60595 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate and cuirassed (decorated with two Nikai) bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΝ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Πόπλιον Ἠγνάτιον Γαλλιηνὸν Σεβαστὸν Πατέρα Πατρίδος
Translation: for Emperor Caesar Publius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Reverse
Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus in left and pouring from cantharus over panther to left
Lettering: ΤΑΡϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ - Γ / Β
Unabridged legend: Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ
Translation: of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (253-268) | |||||||||||||||
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