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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus COL TVRO METR

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Issuer Tyre (Syria)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-268
Composition Bronze
Weight 14.61 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
525126
References RPC Online X# 63019
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: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus

Reverse

Female (?) figure standing right, head left (or, Victory standing left) extending right, holding figure over modius or altar; Hercules standing left, holding club in left and sacrificing over altar with right in which she holds figuring or murex shell

Lettering: COL TVRO METR

Unabridged legend: colonia Tyro Metropolis

Translation: colony of Tyre, metropolis

Mint

Tyre, Lebanon

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-268) 

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