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Æ29 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΕΠ Ϲ ϹΕΞ ΚΛ ϹΕΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ)
| Issuer | City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Reverse description | Homonoia type depicting two civic cult statues in facing arrangement: at left, the xoanon of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, shown in the characteristic encased, multi-breasted form with supports at her sides; at right, Asclepius standing and facing right, leaning upon a serpent-entwined staff (kerykeion). The composition symbolizes the concord (homonoia) between the cities of Pergamum and Ephesus. The surrounding legend names the issuing strategos and the two allied cities. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠ Ϲ ϹΕΞ ΚΛ ϹΕΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (Translation: under strategos Sextus Claudius Silianus, of the Pergamenes and Ephesians, concord) |
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The homonoia coinage between Pergamum and Ephesus belongs to a competitive civic tradition in which rival Asian cities negotiated — sometimes bitterly — over shared cult rights, festival precedence, and the coveted title of neokoros. Striking a joint issue was as much a political settlement as a monetary one. The magistrate named in this legend, Seilianus, is attested across several homonoia issues of this period, suggesting he held his position through much of Gallienus's sole reign following the capture of Valerian by Shapur I in 260.