Æ29 - Valerian and Gallienus ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΟ Β ΝΕ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Features
| Issuer |
Thessalonica
(Roman province of Macedonia)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 253-268 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12.43 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 518412 |
| References | RPC Online X# 61805 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 Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟΠΛ ΛΙΚ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίννιος Ἐγνάτιος Γαλληνός
Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinnius Egnatius Gallienus
Reverse
Athlete, nude, standing facing head right, holding in raised right hand wreath with which he crowns himself and in left palm branch; to left and right below, prize crowns with palm branches
Lettering: ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΟ Β ΝΕ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Unabridged legend: Θεσσαλονίκη μητρόπολις κολωνία βʹ νεώκορος Πύθια
Translation: Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate, Pythian (games)
Mint
Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, GreeceComments
Touratsoglou type 38
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (253-268) | |||||||||||||||
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