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| Emittent | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Jahr | 253-260 |
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| Durchmesser | 31 mm |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Valerian I facing right, with aegis on the left shoulder from which two serpents emerge, rendered in three-quarter frontal view. The imperial effigy is executed in the characteristic provincial style of the Phrygian mint, with detailed articulation of armor and drapery. The obverse legend is disposed around the bust in Greek characters. |
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| Averslegende | Α Κ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ |
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Alliance coinage between Hierapolis and Ephesus belongs to a well-documented phenomenon of homonoia issues — formal declarations of civic concord between cities competing fiercely for imperial favor and the prestigious title of neokoros, granted to cities permitted to maintain an imperial cult temple. Ephesus held multiple neokorate titles; Hierapolis was eager to align itself with that prestige. These joint bronzes were not trade tokens but political gestures, struck to advertise the harmony between two cities jockeying for position within the Roman province of Asia.
The pairing dates to the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus, before Valerian's capture by Shapur I at Edessa in 260 ended his reign in humiliation.