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Æ31 - Valerian and Gallienus ΙΕΡ ΟΙΚΟΥ ΑϹϹΚΛΗΠΙΟϹ (sic) ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ

Features

Issuer Aegeae (Cilicia)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-254
Composition Bronze
Weight 16.23 g
Diameter 31 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
571550
References RPC Online X# 82361
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

Cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, wearing priestly diadem, seen from rear; in front, serpent staff of Asclepius

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πούβλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus

Reverse

Asclepius seated facing, looking left, holding serpent-staff, crowning athlete, who sits left on rock, right hand over head

Lettering: ΙΕΡ ΟΙΚΟΥ ΑϹϹΚΛΗΠΙΟϹ (sic) ΑΙΓΑΙωΝ

Unabridged legend: ἱερὸς οἰκουμενικὸς Ἀσσκληπιὸς Αἰγαίων

Translation: sacred, universal, Asclepius, of the Aegeaeans

Mint

Aegeae, Cilicia, modern-day Yumurtalık, Turkey

Comments

Haymann 2020, p. 64 no. 11 (attributed to year 300)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-254) 

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