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AR22 - Gallienus sole reign) (L ΙΓ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 265-266 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Salonina facing right, wearing a stephane (diadem), the hair elaborately waved and drawn back. The effigy is rendered in the typical Alexandrian provincial style of the Gallienic period. The Greek legend encircles the bust in the field. |
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| Mint | Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD) |
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By year 13 of Gallienus's reign — reckoned from his co-emperorship with Valerian beginning in 253 — the Alexandrian mint was operating under conditions of severe monetary debasement. Billon issues of this period contain dramatically less silver than earlier tetradrachms, part of a empire-wide collapse in coinage quality that accelerated sharply after Valerian's capture by Shapur I in 260 left Gallienus sole ruler managing simultaneous frontier crises on multiple fronts. The Cologne, Dattari, and Milne references aligning on this piece confirm a well-documented emission rather than a transitional or mule strike.