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Æ22 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ)
| Issuer | Athens (Achaea) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Attic helmet with elaborate cheekpieces; the goddess's hair falls in loose locks beneath the helmet, and the drapery is rendered in broad, slightly stylised folds typical of provincial bronze coinage of the mid-third century AD. The portrait is set within a plain field with no visible legend, the design occupying most of the flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ (Translation: of the Athenians) |
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Athens struck remarkably little civic bronze during the sole reign of Gallienus, and for good reason — the city was sacked by the Herulians in 267 AD, a raid so destructive that it effectively ended Athenian civic coin production altogether. What output existed before that catastrophe was modest, and survivors of the invasion's disruption are correspondingly scarce. The reference number here points to a specimen catalogued outside the major corpora, suggesting this type remains incompletely documented in the standard series.