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Æ29 - Valerian and Gallienus ΛΑΕΡΤΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Laertes (Lycia et Pamphylia) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing right, seen from the rear, rendered in typical provincial style. The obverse legend runs around the periphery within a dotted border, reading ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕ, with the countermark or control mark ΙΑ visible in the field. The portrait displays characteristic mid-third-century provincial workmanship, with visible articulation of the paludamentum and cuirass. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Ares, the god of war, depicted standing facing right in a contrapposto stance, holding a grounded shield in his lowered left hand and an upright spear in his raised right hand. The figure is rendered in the conventional provincial Greek style, with musculature summarily indicated. The ethnic legend ΛΑΕΡΤΕΙΤΩΝ is distributed around the periphery within a dotted border, identifying the issuing city of Laertes. |
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