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| Issuer | Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ (Translation: of the Prusaeans) |
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Prusa ad Olympum, nestled at the foot of Mount Olympus in Bithynia, was a prosperous city that retained the right to strike local bronze under the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus — a period of almost unrelenting military crisis during which the empire simultaneously faced Sassanid invasion in the east and Gothic incursions across the Danube. Valerian's capture by Shapur I at Edessa in 260 AD effectively ended the co-reign in practice, making issues attributable to the later portion of this window considerably rarer than those from its opening years.