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Æ26 - Gallienus sole reign) (ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΝΕΩΚΟ, Η
| Issuer | Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Heraclea Pontica's civic bronze issues under Gallienus's sole reign — after the capture of Valerian by Shapur I in 260 AD effectively ended the co-reign — reflect the city's continued exercise of local minting privileges at a moment when the Roman Empire was fracturing under simultaneous pressure from Persia, the breakaway Gallic Empire in the west, and the Palmyrene sphere expanding in the east. The neokoros title in the legend indicates the city held the honorific status of official guardian of an imperial cult temple, a distinction fiercely competed for among Bithynian cities.