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Æ26 - Valerian and Gallienus ΜΗΤΡΟ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ

Features

Issuer Ancyra (Galatia)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-260
Composition Bronze
Weight 13.25 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
509927
References RPC Online X# 60812
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

Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear

Lettering: Γ ΠΟΥΒ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Γαλλιηνὸς? Πούβλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Σεβαστός

Translation: Gallienus(?), Publius Licinius Valerian Augustus

Reverse

Table with prize crown from which two branches emerge flanked by two purses

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ

Unabridged legend: μητροπόλεως βʹ νεωκόρου Ἀνκύρας

Translation: of the metropolis, twice neocorate, Ancyra

Mint

Ancyra, Galatia, modern-day Ankara, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-260) 

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