Aphrodisias: Gallienus (253-268 AD)

Categorisation

Period	Roman Imperial period (30 BC - 284 AD)
Reign (Person)	Gallienus (253-268 AD)
Coinage Right	City
Dating	253-268 AD
Mint	Aphrodisias
Political Area	Convent of Alabanda
Region	Caria
Numismatic Field	Roman Provincial Numismatics
Language	Greek

Materiality

Material	Bronze
Diameter	28.00 mm
Weight	9.99 g
Die Axis	7 o'clock
Manufacturing	struck

Die properties

	Obverse	Reverse
Description	Panzerbüste des Gallienus im Paludamentum, mit Strahlenkrone, nach links; Perlkreis, darin Legende	tetrastyle Tempelfront, darin mittig Kultbild der Aphrodite von Aphrodisias; Perlkreis, darin Legende
Legend (edited)	ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙ(ΣΑΡ) ΠΟ(ΠΛΙΟΣ) ΓΑΛ-ΛΙΗΝΟΣ	ΑΦΡ-ΟΔ-Ι-ΣΙΕΩΝ
Legend (plain)	ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΣ	ΑΦΡΟΔΙΣΙΕΩΝ

References and Commentary

Reference Literature

B. V. Head, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc., London 1897. No. 133

D. J. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias, London 1992. (O261 und R486)

SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen IV, Part 25/26: Caria I-II, Kopenhagen 1947 (Reprint 1982). No. 127

SNG Deutschland, Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Heft 22: Karien, München 2006. No. 142-144

Aphrodisias: Gallienus (253-268 AD) [ AM_0547 ]