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Æ34 - Gallienus (sole reign) (ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΖΕΥΞΙΔΟϹ ΠΛΟΥΤΙΑΔΟΥ, ΜΟϹΤΗ
| Issuer | Mostene (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 260-268 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic three-quarter back view employed by several Anatolian mints during the mid-third century. The emperor's paludamentum and cuirass are rendered in low relief, with the laurel wreath visible atop the head. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters. The coin exhibits heavy green and brown patination consistent with prolonged burial, and a small circular piercing is noted below the bust near the lower rim, indicating ancient or post-antique suspension use. |
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| Reverse description | A radiate male figure, likely a solar or heroic deity, stands in a quadriga galloping to the right, bearing a double axe (labrys) over his shoulder — a motif closely associated with Lydian religious iconography and the local cults of the Mostene region. Before the lead horse, the nude figure of Hermes strides rightward, grasping the bridle of the foremost horse with one hand and holding his caduceus in the other. The composition is dynamic and richly detailed, reflecting the ambitious reverse types favored by the civic bronze coinage of Lydia under the strategos Aurelius Zeuxis Ploutiades. The encircling Greek legend names the issuing magistrate and the civic ethnic of Mostene. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΖΕΥΞΙΔΟϹ ΠΛΟΥΤΙΑΔΟΥ, ΜΟϹΤΗ (Translation: under strategos Aurelius Zeuxis, son of Ploutiades, of the Mostenians) |
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