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AR23 - Valerian and Gallienus L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 258-259 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, with flowing hair and a full, curly beard rendered in the distinctive Alexandrian style. Drapery is visible on the left shoulder. The date letters L and Ϛ (year 6, corresponding to 258-259 AD) flank the head in the field to the left and right respectively, within a dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Year 6 of the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus places this coin squarely in one of the most turbulent stretches of Roman rule over Egypt. Within months of this issue, Valerian would be captured by the Sasanian king Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa — the first Roman emperor taken alive by a foreign enemy. The Alexandrian mint continued striking under Gallienus alone, making joint-reign tetradrachms from this specific regnal year transitional documents of an empire fracturing in real time.