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Æ31 - Valerian and Gallienus ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
| Issuer | Nicopolis (Achaea) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian I facing right, depicted in three-quarter front view, with paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The effigy displays the characteristic military dress of a Roman emperor of the mid-third century. A Greek legend runs around the periphery of the flan, partially legible through heavy patination. The coin exhibits an irregular flan with surface corrosion consistent with provincial bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Asclepius, god of medicine, standing facing left with head turned to the right, draped in a himation. His left hand grasps a serpent-entwined staff (the caduceus of Asclepius), his primary iconographic attribute. The deity is rendered in the classical provincial style typical of Epirote civic coinage. The Greek legend of the issuing city encircles the figure within the field. The flan is irregular with areas of green and red patination. |
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