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Æ21 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ)
| Issuer | Athens (Achaea) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted and draped bust of Athena to left, the goddess wearing a crested Attic helmet, with a spear and shield visible over the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Achaean coinage of the mid-third century AD. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Athena standing facing, head turned to left, holding a Nike in her extended right hand and a spear resting on a grounded shield in her left hand. To the left of the figure, a coiled serpent rises from the ground, a device closely associated with the Erechtheion cult of Athena Polias. The composition closely follows the type of the Athena Parthenos and reflects the civic pride of Athenian bronze coinage during the reign of Gallienus. |
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Athens struck remarkably little civic bronze under sole-reign Gallienus, a period when the city was under genuine military threat — the Herulian sack of 267 AD devastated Athens, burning the Agora and breaching walls that had stood uncontested for centuries. Civic coinage from this precise window is sparse enough that attribution and die-linking remain contested among specialists, with X#85661 itself a relatively recently catalogued type.