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Nysa (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I
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Valerian I, 253-268 AD. AE25 (8.00g). Aur. Tryphosianos. AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN BAΛЄPIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠΓ AVP TPVΦΩCIANOV TU API / CT N[...]CAEΩN, prize crown inscribed ΘЄOΓAMIA and set upon table with two legs. aVF.
The Theogamia (marriage of the gods) was celebrated at Nysa, and this piece was struck in association with that festival.
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