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Æ21 - Valerian and Gallienus COL AV (O) TROA
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian I facing right, depicted from behind, rendering the paludamentum and cuirass visible in three-quarter rear view. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the provincial Roman style characteristic of the Troas mint, with a radiate wreath of laurel framing the head. The surrounding Latin legend reads IMP LIC VALERIANVS AVG, distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP LIC VALERIANVS AVG |
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Alexandria Troas held the status of a Roman colony — Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troadensis — granted under Augustus, which explains the COL AV designation carried on its coinage into the third century. The joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus represented one of the last sustained periods of stable imperial co-rule before Gallienus governed alone following his father's capture by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260. That capture effectively ended the joint issue.
Bronze colonial coinage from the Conventus of Adramyteum rarely commanded imperial attention; these were locally administered emissions serving regional exchange.