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Lot 543

Estimate: 425 USD
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Gallienus. AE 32; Gallienus; 253-268 AD, Mopsus, Cilicia, Year 323 = 255/6 AD, AE 32, 15.15g. SNG Aulock-8705 (same dies), SNG Levante-1362 (same dies). Obv: AVT K GA??IHNOC CEB Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: A?P OVA GA? MO?EATON ?OP around, EAI [ET GKT] upside down in exergue, City goddess standing r., presenting agonistic urn containing two palm fronds to Valerian I and Gallienus, each seated l. before her on curule chair. Ex CNG 85, 15 September 2010, lot 599. Judging from the reverse type and the mention of "benefactions" in the legend, this type apparently commemorates the otherwise unattested bestowal
on Mopsus by the emperors of either new games or the enhancement of old games; see Ziegler, Städtisches Prestige, pp. 52-3.Lovely green patination. EF
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