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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ ΡϘΒ, ΑΚΤΙΑ

Features

Issuer Neocaesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 255-256
Composition Bronze
Weight 11.57 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
568509
References RPC Online X# 78766
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 front

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus

Reverse

Two prize crowns, each of them containing palm branch, on inscribed altar

Lettering: ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ ΡϘΒ, ΑΚΤΙΑ

Unabridged legend: μητροπόλεως Νεοκαισαρίας ἔτους ρϙβʹ Ἄκτια

Translation: of the metropolis Neocaesarea, year 192, the Actian games

Mint

Neocaesarea, Pontus, modern-day Niksar, Turkey

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ND (255-256) 

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