Watch List notes:

PAMPHYLIA. Perge. Gallienus, with Salonina, 253-268. 10 Assaria (Bronze, 38 mm, 33.80 g, 12 h), 253-260. AY K ΠO ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNON / KOPNHΛIA CA/ΛΩNINA Draped bust of Salonina, on the left, facing radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, on the right; between them, I (value mark). Rev. ΠЄΡΓAIΩN ACYΛOC Artemis hurrying to right, carrying long torch with both hands. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG Paris -, cf. 582 (same obverse die) and 547 (same reverse die, but Valerian on the obverse). SNG PFPS -. SNG Tübingen -. SNG von Aulock -. Apparently unpublished and unique. An impressive piece with two distinct portraits. Good very fine.


This coin is part of an impressive series of heavily overweight 10 assaria pieces that were struck under Valerian and Gallienus in some Pisidian and Pamphylian cities such as Perge and Sagalassos. Their unusual size and weight indicates that they were probably of commemorative nature and may have been struck as medallions.