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Æ26 - Valerian and Gallienus ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Samos (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Reference(s) | X#61235 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of the emperor Valerian facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic provincial style. The effigy shows the emperor in military attire, with paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field, partially legible due to wear, with letters distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche of Samos standing left, her figure rendered in the local Ionian artistic tradition, wearing a kalathos (basket crown) on her head as an emblem of civic prosperity. In her right hand she holds a small cult statue of Samian Hera, the chief deity of the island, and in her left arm she cradles a cornucopia symbolising abundance. The ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing civic authority. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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