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cn coin 1159

Mint
Nikaia 🔍  
Date

c. 253-268 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1860_V16 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΠΟ ΛΙ ΕΓΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟᛈ ᛈΕΒ
Design
Radiate bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1860_R20 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ - ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ / i.f. ΟΜ/ΟΝ/Ο/Ι/Α
Design
Two torches, inbetween, lighted altar.
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Persons

Sitter: Gallienus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm
Owner

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Coin and Medal Collection, Glasgow, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1860, Hunter 4

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 127, nr. 1860.2, pl. 111, pic. 1860/2  ❐

Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection 1, Glasgow 1899 p. 399, nr. 4, pl. 27, pic. 4  ❐

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cn coin 1159, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1159 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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