Æ28 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΠΙ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟϹ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ

Apamea was among the most prolific civic minting authorities in Phrygia during the third century, and the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus — truncated by Valerian's capture at Edessa in 260 — narrows the window for this issue considerably. The magistrate name Tryphon appearing in the obverse legend places this within a specific administrative tenure, though the exact dating within the co-reign remains unresolved in the literature.

Apamea's mint output under these emperors was notably heavy, likely driven by the chronic instability of Roman coinage at the imperial level during the 250s and 260s, which pushed civic bronzes into wider local use.