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Æ28 - Valerian and Gallienus ΑΔ (Ι)ΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΕ/ΙΚΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Stratonicea Hadrianopolis (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Weight | 9.71 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian I facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The imperial effigy occupies the central field, with the cuirass detailing discernible despite surface wear. A Greek legend encircles the bust, reading the emperor's full titulature around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ(Ο) Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian Augustus) |
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Stratonicea-Hadrianopolis was a double city in Lydia formed through the synoikism of two previously distinct settlements, its unwieldy joint name reflecting a civic identity that was still being negotiated well into the imperial period. Issues struck under the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus represent some of the last substantial provincial bronze coinages from this mint before the broader collapse of the Greek imperial series in the 260s — a collapse driven less by local indifference than by the catastrophic military pressures that would eventually see Valerian captured by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260.