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Æ33 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ, ΕΥΜΕΝΙΑ, Α)
| Issuer | Mint of Eumenea (Conventus of Apamea, Phrygia) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Weight | 16.56 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Eumenea was a minor Phrygian city that punched above its weight in civic coinage during the third century, issuing bronzes under multiple emperors through the Apamean conventus. The legend ΑΧΑΙΩΝ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ — referencing a brotherhood of Achaeans — points to a local civic league or cult association whose exact constitution remains debated among specialists. Coins attributing this formula to Eumenea are not common, and the combination with a Gallienus obverse narrows the production window sharply to his sole reign after Valerian's capture by Shapur I in 260.