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Æ26 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ)
| Issuer | Aphrodisias (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gallienus facing left, depicted from the rear in the characteristic provincial style. The radiate crown is rendered with pronounced spikes, and the military cuirass is visible beneath the imperial paludamentum. The encircling Greek legend identifies the emperor by his full titulature. The portrait is executed in the provincial workshop tradition typical of Carian civic coinage of the third century AD. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Aphrodisias held an unusual position among Anatolian cities under Roman rule — its civic identity was bound tightly to the cult of Aphrodite, and the city leveraged that religious prominence to extract notable privileges from successive emperors. Under Gallienus, whose sole reign began after Valerian's capture by Shapur I in 260, provincial bronze issues from the Conventus of Alabanda continued largely through civic initiative rather than imperial direction, the central government being consumed by the simultaneous crises of the Gallic Empire breakaway and repeated Alamannic incursions into Italy.