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AR22 - Valerian and Gallienus L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 258-259 |
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| Reference(s) | Köln 2868; Dattari 5174; Milne 4144; Emmett 3853.6 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Salonina facing right, her hair elaborately waved and arranged in horizontal ridges, bound with a diadem. The effigy is rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style, with visible drapery at the shoulder. The Greek legend ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ ϹΑΛωΝΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ (Cornelia Salonina Augusta) runs around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, with a full flowing beard and wavy hair, a chlamys or drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the Alexandrian Hellenistic tradition. To the right of the field appears the regnal year date L Ϛ (year 6, corresponding to 258-259 AD), within a beaded border. The design reflects the continued use of traditional Greek divine imagery in the Alexandrian tetradrachm series. |
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| Mintage | ND (258-259) |
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