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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Tetradrachm of Gallienus

Place CreatedAlexandria, Egypt, Africa

CultureRoman

PeriodImperial, reign of Gallienus

Date263-264 CE

MediumDebased silver

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions7/8 × 7/8 × 3/16 in., 13.6 g (2.3 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm, 1/2 oz.)

Object number2018.010.1525

Label TextObverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: L IA (date, year 11, inverted), with figure of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia

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