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Æ22 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ)
| Issuer | Athens (Achaea) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ (Translation: of the Athenians) |
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| Mint | Athens |
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Athens struck bronze coinage under Gallienus during a period when the city had already survived a catastrophic Gothic raid — the sack of 267 AD under Herulian forces, which left the lower city burned and the population retreating behind hastily rebuilt walls using masonry stripped from public monuments. Whether this piece predates or postdates that destruction is unresolved, but civic bronze continued to circulate in Achaea through the disruption, issued under the authority of the local koinon rather than the imperial mint.