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Æ28 - Gallienus (sole reign) - C G H I PARION OI
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gallienus facing right, rendered in three-quarter front view. The imperial effigy displays characteristic mid-third-century portraiture with radiate crown replaced here by a laurel wreath, the paludamentum secured at the right shoulder, and the cuirass visible beneath. A Latin legend encircles the bust in the field, partially legible on this heavily patinated specimen. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP LICINN CR (Translation: Emperor Licinius Caesar) |
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Parium, the old Milesian colony on the Propontis, retained its colonial status and the right to strike bronze through the third century — a privilege many Anatolian cities lost under earlier emperors. During Gallienus's sole reign, after Valerian's catastrophic capture by Shapur I at Edessa in 260, the eastern mints and allied civic issues took on added political weight as the emperor worked to consolidate legitimacy across a fragmenting empire. The city's coinage from this period is sparsely documented, and X#94553 remains outside the major corpora.