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Pergamon, Gallienus, bronze (CN type 20079)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 254-260 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Gallienus dated ca. 254-260 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20079. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Two kabirs; to left, kabir standing right, holding bucranium; to right, Kabir standing left, between them lighted altar.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
32–34 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.43 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gallienus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Two kabirs; to left, kabir standing right, holding bucranium; to right, Kabir standing left, between them lighted altar.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑVΡ ΔΑΜΑ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20079
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20079

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