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Æ24 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ)
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Demos facing right, rendered in the characteristic rough provincial style of Aphrodisias. The portrait is executed with minimal refinement, typical of the local civic coinage workshops of Caria during the mid-third century AD. The legend ΙΕΡΟϹ ΔΗΜΟϹ is distributed around the bust in Greek majuscules. The flan is irregularly shaped, and the strike is slightly off-centre, consistent with hammered provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΟϹ ΔΗΜΟϹ (Translation: Sacred People) |
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Aphrodisias was among the most privileged cities in the Roman east — formally declared free and immune from taxation by Augustus, a status confirmed repeatedly by successive emperors. Local bronze coinage persisted there well into Gallienus's sole reign precisely because the city retained unusual administrative autonomy. The mint ceased production entirely shortly after, making issues from this final phase relatively scarce against the city's longer civic coinage output.