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| Issuer | Tium (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Saloninus (P. Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus) facing right, rendered in the frontal three-quarter perspective typical of mid-third-century provincial coinage. The portrait displays pauldron detailing on the cuirass and drapery folds over the left shoulder. The Greek legend encircles the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | A tall lighted torch set centrally on the reverse field, with flames depicted at the top and a stepped or moulded base at the bottom, a symbol associated with civic and religious cult practice in Bithynian provincial coinage. The ethnic legend of the city of Tium (Tios) is distributed in the field around the torch. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΙΑΝΩΝ (Translation: of the Tians) |
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