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Æ29 - Valerian and Gallienus ΑΔΡΑΗΝωΝ Ρ ΝΑ
| Issuer | Adraa (Arabia) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerian I facing right, seen from the rear, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy is rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Arabian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. A partially legible Greek legend encircles the bust, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle or distyle shrine depicted in architectural elevation, with two prominent columns supporting an arcuated (arched) lintel, rendered in the schematic style common to provincial Syrian-Arabian civic bronzes. Within the shrine stands a female figure facing right, holding a long sceptre in one hand and an uncertain object in the other, possibly a patera or cult symbol. The surrounding Greek legend names the civic authority of Adraa and includes a local era date. The composition reflects the city's civic pride and possible allusion to a tutelary deity or personification venerated at the local sanctuary. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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