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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΝΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Hypaepa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian facing right, portrayed in three-quarter rear view, a presentation typical of the joint reign coinage struck under the Conventus of Ephesus. The imperial effigy exhibits the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder and the segmented cuirass characteristic of mid-third-century Roman provincial portraiture. The surrounding Greek legend, partially visible along the border, identifies the emperor by his full titulature. The flan is irregular and the surface retains a patina of brown and green encrustation consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΙΝ ΒΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus) |
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Hypaepa was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus reflects a broader surge in provincial bronze production during the 250s — a decade when Gothic incursions, plague, and near-constant usurpation made central imperial authority increasingly difficult to project. The magistrate name ΚΟΝΔΙΑΝΟΣ preserved in the legend is one of the few administrative traces this city left in the historical record. Provincial issues from the Ephesian conventus were struck on local authority, their production and distribution entirely a civic matter.