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Æ24 - Valerian and Gallienus ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ ΞΑΝΘΟϹ
| Issuer | Cyme (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Reverse description | The river-god Xanthos depicted as a semi-recumbent male figure reclining to the left, his upper body raised and supported by his left arm resting upon an overturned urn from which water flows, symbolising the river's source. His right hand extends forward holding a branch. The figure is rendered in the conventional Hellenistic iconographic tradition for river deities, with a robust, bearded physique. The encircling Greek legend ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ ΞΑΝΘΟϹ identifies the deity and the issuing civic authority of Cyme. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Cyme, one of the oldest Greek settlements on the Aeolian coast, struck provincial bronzes under joint imperial authority during the co-reign of Valerian and Gallienus — a pairing forced by the catastrophic military pressures of the 250s, when simultaneous invasions across the Rhine, Danube, and eastern frontiers made sole rule effectively impossible. The inclusion of the river god Xanthos in the coin's attribution reflects Cyme's assertion of regional mythological identity, the Xanthos being associated with Lycia rather than Aeolis proper, which makes its appearance here an unusual civic choice worth noting.