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Æ23 - Valerian and Gallienus ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ?

Features

Issuer Nicopolis (Achaea)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-260
Composition Bronze
Weight 14.97 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
536014
References RPC Online X# 60730
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 head of Augustus, right

Lettering: ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ

Translation: founder Augustus

Reverse

Asclepius standing right, head left leaning with right on serpent staff

Lettering: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ?

Unabridged legend: Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως

Translation: of sacred Nicopolis

Mint

Nicopolis, Epirus, modern-day Preveza, Greece

Comments

Calomino 594; Oikonomides 89 (Augustus)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-260) 

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