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Æ26 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩ ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞϹΤΟΥ)
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Reference(s) | X#61325 |
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| Reverse description | Two Nemeses standing facing one another in the field, the figure at left holding a bridle and the figure at right holding a cubit rule or measuring rod, both rendered in the classical provincial style. The double Nemesis type is characteristic of the neocorate coinage of Smyrna during the Imperial period. A circular Greek legend occupies the periphery of the reverse field, referencing the city's third neocorate status and the presiding magistrate. |
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| Mint | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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Smyrna held the rare distinction of being granted the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — multiple times, and the magistrate name in this issue's legend, M. Aur. Sexstus, anchors it to a specific administrative moment within Gallienus's sole reign after Valerian's capture by Shapur I in 260. That catastrophe left the eastern provinces politically destabilized, yet civic bronze minting in Smyrna continued without apparent interruption, which itself speaks to the city's entrenched institutional confidence.