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Æ20 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Reference(s) | X#87042 |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and civic prosperity, stands facing left in full figure within an unbordered field. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand, symbolising destiny and navigation, and a cornucopia in her left arm, emblematic of abundance. The figure is rendered in the robed provincial style typical of Ephesian civic bronzes of the joint reign. The encircling Greek ethnic legend ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, meaning 'of the Ephesians', surrounds the type, asserting the civic identity of the issuing authority. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ephesus struck coins under joint authority during the co-reign of Valerian I and his son Gallienus — a deliberate political arrangement made in 253 AD when Valerian elevated Gallienus to share imperial power, splitting administrative control of a rapidly fracturing empire between them. Provincial bronzes of this joint reign from Ephesus are notably variable in die quality, a reflection of the city's mint working under pressure as military crises multiplied on multiple frontiers simultaneously. Valerian himself was captured by Shapur I of Persia around 260 AD, bringing the co-reign to an abrupt end.