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Æ25 - Valerian and Gallienus PROVINCIA DACIA, AN X
| Issuer | Dacia (Roman provinces) |
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| Year | 255-256 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP GALLIENVS PIV AVG |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Provincia Dacia was a consolidated administrative fiction — three separate Dacian provinces (Dacia Apulensis, Dacia Malvensis, Dacia Porolissensis) grouped under a single governor from the mid-second century onward, and their provincial coinage reflected that political construct. The joint portrait of Valerian and Gallienus dates this piece to the narrow window of their co-rule before the catastrophe of 260, when Valerian was captured by Shapur I at Edessa — the only Roman emperor ever taken alive by a foreign enemy. AN X marks the tenth year of the Dacian provincial era, itself counted from 246 under Philip I.