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cn coin 8566

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CN Type 654 🔍

Mint
Serdika 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

253-268 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ Κ ΓΑΛ-ΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Design
Radiate bust of Gallienus, left, holding spear and shield.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ϹΕ-ΡΔΙΚΗϹ
Design
Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, eagle standing left, head right, wings spread. Groundline. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Gallienus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 27 mm
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1958 3 4 205

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 280, nr. 2655 ❐

Hristova, Monetosečeneto na Trakija I-III v. : Serdika = The coins of Thrace I-III c. A.C.: Serdica, Blagoevgrad 2007 ❐

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 280, nr. 2655 ❐

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cn coin 8566, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8566 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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