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Bronze - Æ 24-27 mm - 13,6 grams - Die axis 06:00 - Struck Cilician Era 181 - AD 253/4).
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[AV K Γ]AΛ[ΛIHNOC CΕB] (Autokrator Kaisar Gallienos Sebastos - Imperator Caesar G. Augustus).
Bust of laureate and cuirassed emperor facing right.
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ΦΛAOVIOΠ-OΛΕ[ITW] / AΠP (P is reversed) (Flaviopoleiton / 181 - Flaviopolis / AD 253-254).
Radiate Helios standing, nude, full front facing left, whip with (draped ?) left arm and upheld right arm holding ... (?)
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Flaviopolis (on the spurs of Mt. Taurus, above Anazarbus), was named after Vespasian, who organized the province in 74. It's era begins in the autumn of A.D. 73 or 74.
Provincially minted in Flaviopoliton, Cilicia.
Obv. : Bad - Rev. : Good. |
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