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| Valerian/Gallienus (AD 253-268). Cilicia. Tarsos. Muled Æ33 / Artemis |
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Attribution: cf. RPC X 60597 (Gallienus); cf. SNG Levante 1195 (Gallienus)
Date: AD 253-268
Obverse: AV KAI Π ΟVΑΛЄΡΙΑΝΟ CЄ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π-Π across fields
Reverse: TAΡCOV MHTΡOΠOΛEΩC, Artemis standing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; A/M/T in left field. Γ/Γ in right field
Size: 33.66mm
Weight: 19.23 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: nearing VF. Obverse legends of Valerian. Dating to the third neocorate. From Wikipedia: The neocorate was a sacral office...associated with the custody of a temple. Under the Roman Empire, the neocorate became a distinction awarded to cities that had built temples to the emperors or had established cults of members of the Imperial family.
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