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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ Ι/ΩΝΙΑ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped and diademed bust of Empress Salonina, titled ΧΡΥϹΟΓΟΝΗ (Chrysogone), facing right and set upon a crescent. The effigy displays the characteristic coiffure of the Gallienic period, with the circular legend surrounding the portrait in the field. The bust is rendered in the provincial workshop style typical of Ionian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Reverse description | Two standing figures face one another and clasp right hands in a dextrarum iunctio: the emperor, identified as Valerian or Gallienus, stands at right wearing military attire and resting his left hand upon a tall sceptre, while the turreted city goddess (Tyche) of Metropolis stands at left holding an inverted sceptre in her left hand. The scene symbolises the bond between the imperial house and the civic community, framed by the encircling Greek civic legend in the field. |
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| Mint | Metropolis, Ionia |
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