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Æ25 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΦΡΟΔΙ/ϹΙΕΩΝ)
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gallienus facing left, rendered in the provincial style typical of the Carian mint at Aphrodisias. The radiate crown, composed of pointed rays, identifies the emperor's solar association, while the drapery and cuirass indicate his dual role as civilian ruler and military commander. A Greek imperial legend encircles the bust, reading from upper left around the field. The workmanship reflects the local civic coinage tradition of the Asia Minor conventus under the sole reign of Gallienus. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aphrodisias enjoyed an unusually privileged relationship with Rome — the city held the status of a free city exempt from Roman taxation, a distinction it fiercely protected through successive imperial reigns. Under Gallienus, with the empire fracturing under the pressure of simultaneous frontier crises and the breakaway Gallic Empire, provincial civic minting in the Greek east continued largely undisturbed, a small administrative continuity amid near-total strategic collapse. This issue belongs to the final phase of that tradition before civic bronze coinage across Asia Minor effectively ceased.