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Valerian I Æ27 of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG HEL FEL, agonistic urn, containing two palms, between two urns, each containing a palm; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines in exergue. Sawaya 788-810; BMC 28; De Saulcy 10; SNG Copenhagen 440. 13.95g, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
The reverse of this coin commemorates the games, referred to as "Sacred Capitoline Ecumenical Iselastic Games", held at Heliopolis during the third century AD. The games held by many cities throughout the eastern part of the Roman Empire were modelled on the four international Panhellenic Games of Greece - the Pythian, Olympic, Nemean and Isthmian. Like their Greek prototypes, the games consisted of music and poetry competitions, as well as athletic games, and were held in close association with the civic cults of the city. A huge temple complex stood at Heliopolis, the remains of which can still be seen today, dedicated to Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus. The main structure of the temple complex was dedicated to Jupiter, as were the games commemorated on this coin.
Very Fine.
The reverse of this coin commemorates the games, referred to as "Sacred Capitoline Ecumenical Iselastic Games", held at Heliopolis during the third century AD. The games held by many cities throughout the eastern part of the Roman Empire were modelled on the four international Panhellenic Games of Greece - the Pythian, Olympic, Nemean and Isthmian. Like their Greek prototypes, the games consisted of music and poetry competitions, as well as athletic games, and were held in close association with the civic cults of the city. A huge temple complex stood at Heliopolis, the remains of which can still be seen today, dedicated to Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus. The main structure of the temple complex was dedicated to Jupiter, as were the games commemorated on this coin.