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Æ26 - Valerian and Gallienus ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΑΚΤΙΑ, ΕΤ ΡϘΒ

Features

Issuer Neocaesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 255-256
Composition Bronze
Weight 12.75 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
568508
References RPC Online X# 63727
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 Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus

Reverse

Wreath on which inscribed tablet; in centre, amphora

Lettering: ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΑΚΤΙΑ, ΕΤ ΡϘΒ

Unabridged legend: Μητροπόλεως Νεοκαισαρίας Ἀκτία ἔτους ρϙβʹ

Translation: of Neocaesarea, metropolis, Actia, of year 192

Mint

Neocaesarea, Pontus, modern-day Niksar, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (255-256) 

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