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Æ20 - Valerian and Gallienus C G IVL H PAR
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian facing right, depicted three-quarter from the front, wearing a radiate crown indicative of imperial solar imagery. The effigy shows the emperor in military attire with paludamentum fastened at the shoulder, rendered in the provincial workshop style of Parium. The circumferential Latin legend IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG runs around the bust, partially legible on this heavily patinated specimen. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG |
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Parium, a Roman colony on the southern Marmara coast, retained the right to strike local bronze under the joint reign of Valerian I and his son Gallienus — a pairing formalized when Valerian elevated Gallienus to co-emperor in 253 AD to manage the western provinces while he faced mounting pressure on the eastern frontier. That arrangement ended abruptly in 260 when Valerian was captured by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa, the first Roman emperor ever taken prisoner by a foreign enemy. Coins naming both rulers therefore compress into a tight seven-year window.