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Æ36 - Valerian and Gallienus ΕΠΙ ΠΡΟΚΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟϹ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Apamea (Phrygia) (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 253-268 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Lion walking right; above, cista |
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| Mintage | ND (253-268) |
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Proklianos Tryphon, named in the magistrate formula on this issue, was one of the local officials responsible for authorizing civic bronze coinage at Apamea during the joint reign — a period when the Roman mint system was under severe pressure from the Antoninianus flood and provincial cities were left largely to their own devices for small-denomination needs. Apamea held the rank of a conventus center in Phrygia, giving it administrative weight well beyond most civic minting authorities in the region.
The double reign attribution places this coin somewhere in a fifteen-year window that saw Valerian captured by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260 — after which Gallienus ruled alone, and joint-reign civic bronzes ceased.