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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΩϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΚΥΖ Β ΝΕΩΚ

Features

Issuer Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-260
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.01 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
551267
References RPC Online X# 81987
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front

Lettering: ΑΥ Κ ΛΙΚΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Licinius Valerianus

Reverse

Athena or Roma seated left, holding small Nike on globe and resting arm on shield

Lettering: ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΩϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΚΥΖ Β ΝΕΩΚ

Unabridged legend: στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Σωστράτου Κυζικηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων

Translation: of the strategos Aurelius Sostratos, of the Cyzicenes, twice neocorate

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-260) 

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