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Æ25 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΕΠΙ ϹΥΛΛΑ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ)
| Issuer | Saitta (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Reference(s) | X#61606 |
| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Empress Salonina facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a diadem, wearing a stephane. The portrait displays the refined provincial style characteristic of Lydian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. The Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle temple with four columns and an arcuated (arched) lintel, rendered in frontal elevation; within the intercolumniation stands a cult statue of Aphrodite. The architectural detail reflects the local veneration of Aphrodite at Saitta, with the magistrate's name and civic ethnic distributed in the surrounding field and legend. |
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| Mintage | ND (260-268) |
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