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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gallienus

261-262

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Egypt

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the Emperor Gallienus facing right. On the back (reverse), an eagle holds a wreath in it's beak.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium