Lot 3-075. Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Gallienus. A.D. 253-268. Æ medallion. Ca. A.D. 260. Very Rare.

Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Gallienus. A.D. 253-268. Æ medallion (36.6 mm, 21.18 g, 6 h). Ca. A.D. 260. Very Rare. AV KA ΠΟ Γ AΛΛI HNOC, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / ANTIOXE-ΩΝ, six-arched bridge with guard rails across the Maeander River; triple-bayed triumphal arch at one end; figure of Maeander River reclining left above guard rail. SNG von Aulock 8059; SNG Munchen 92. aFine, porous.. 

After the defeat of Valerian I by the Persians, the autocrat, Gallienus won the bridge over the Maeander River, which was very important for supplies on the eastern front.

 

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