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| Gallienus (AD 253-268). Cilicia. Tarsos Æ32 / Nike Holding Shield |
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Attribution: RPC X 60631; SNG France 1831; SNG Levante 1196
Date: AD 253-268
Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π-Π across fields
Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Α Μ Κ, Nike standing right, foot on globe, inscribing shield ЄΙϹ / ΑΙΩΝΑ / ΤΟΥϹ / ΚVΡΙ / ΟVϹ; Γ-Γ across lower fields
Size: 31.91mm
Weight: 18.66 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: good Fine+, heavy green patina. 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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