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Æ23 - Gallienus ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΕΤ Ϲ, ΑΚΤΙΑ

Features

Issuer Neocaesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 263-264
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.70 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
568617
References RPC Online X# 63753
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 ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνὸς

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus

Reverse

Prize crown from which emerge two palms on inscribed altar; on either side, palm

Lettering: ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΕΤ Ϲ, ΑΚΤΙΑ

Unabridged legend: μητροπόλεως Νεοκαισαρίας ἔτους σʹ Ἄκτια

Translation: of the metropolis Neocaesarea, year 200, the Actian (games)

Mint

Neocaesarea, Pontus, modern-day Niksar, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (263-264) 

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