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Æ28 - Gallienus (sole reign) (C G I H P (retrograde)
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A three-bay triumphal arch depicted in facing view, surmounted by a quadriga driven by a standing figure facing front, flanked on either side by standing statues atop the arch's piers. This monumental architectural type is characteristic of colonial civic pride on provincial bronze coinage of Parium. The retrograde colonial legend is disposed in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Parium, the old Milesian colony on the Propontis, maintained active bronze production well into the third century despite the empire fracturing around it. The retrograde legend on this piece — a simple copying error left uncorrected — points to a provincial die-cutter working without close oversight, a condition increasingly common after 260 AD when Gallienus's sole reign began following Valerian's capture by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa. No emperor before or since was taken prisoner by a foreign power while reigning.