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Æ21 - Valerian and Gallienus ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕ (ΘΕΡ)
| Issuer | Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (253-260) |
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Amisus, the old Greek colony on the Black Sea coast, retained unusual civic minting privileges well into the imperial period — a function of its longstanding status as a free city, a designation it had held since Pompey reorganized the region in the 60s BC. The joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus lasted only until Valerian's capture by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260, which gives this issue a hard terminus that is historically precise rather than estimated.
The ΑΜΙϹΟΥ legend places this firmly within the civic series rather than the provincial imperial mint output, a distinction that matters for attribution.