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Æ24 - Valerian and Gallienus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
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| Reference(s) | X#74539 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΕΓ(Ν) ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nicaea was one of the most prolific civic minting authorities in Bithynia under the joint reign, issuing bronze coinage continuously through a period when the Roman empire was simultaneously fighting the Sassanids in the east and Gothic incursions across the Danube. Valerian was captured by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260 — an event without precedent in Roman history — and local civic bronzes like this one continued to circulate in the region long after the imperial center had effectively fractured into three competing entities.