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Æ32 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ϹΤΑ ΙΑΤΡΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΤΑΒΗ/ΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Tabae (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus stands facing left in the center of the field, his weight on his right leg in a relaxed contrapposto stance. He extends his right hand forward holding a cantharus, while his left hand grasps a long thyrsus. A panther, sacred to Dionysus, is depicted to the left, adding a characteristic Bacchic attribute to the composition. The reverse type reflects the strong association of the city of Tabae with the Dionysiac cult, common in Carian civic coinage. The encircling Greek magistrate legend names the archon Iatrokles and the city of Tabae. |
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| Mintage | ND (253-268) |
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Tabae was a mid-ranking Lydian city whose civic coinage peaked precisely during the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus — a period when dozens of Asia Minor mints struck bronze for local circulation as the central Roman silver coinage collapsed under debasement pressure. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Iатроклеῦς, is not otherwise widely attested in the epigraphic record for Tabae, making this issue one of the few physical traces of his tenure.