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Æ26 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ)
| Issuer | Aezani (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Reference(s) | X#63070 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ (Translation: Sacred Council) |
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| Mint | Aezani, Phrygia |
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Aezani, a Phrygian city in the conventus of Sardis, minted prolifically under Gallienus during his sole reign — the turbulent decade after his father Valerian was captured by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260 AD. Provincial bronze coinage surged across Asia Minor precisely because central Roman authority was fracturing; the breakaway Gallic Empire consumed the west while the east dealt with Persian incursions and the rising power of Palmyra. Local civic minting filled a real economic gap.
Aezani is best known archaeologically for its remarkably preserved Temple of Zeus, which also housed a grain market — unusual in the ancient world.