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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4998287, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1199951[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, <b>Gallienus</b>, 253-268 Tetradrachm circa 262-263 (year 10)</p><p><b>Size:</b> 23mm, 10.63g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΔЄKA/ЄTHPI/CKV/PIOV in four lines within laurel wreath; below, L I</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Geissen 2915 (this coin cited) Dattari-Savio Pl. 272, 5273 (this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps due to the continual warfare of the times, much of the ancient world was struck with the plague, probably bubonic, in the early 250&#039;s. It may have begun among the Germanic invaders or in the slums of Alexandria where, according to Gibbon&#039;s estimate, half the population succumbed. The illness reached pandemic proportions among the troops (killing among others the emperor Hostilian), and returned home with the soldiers. At one point five thousand people per day died in Rome. Agriculture was particularly affected by the continual warfare and illness.</p><p>- <b>Percival, C.W.</b> (1992), <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=The%20Age%20of%20Gallienus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=The%20Age%20of%20Gallienus" rel="nofollow">The Age of Gallienus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/gallienus-and-usurpers-in-ad-260" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/gallienus-and-usurpers-in-ad-260" rel="nofollow">context for this coin here</a>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: &quot;<font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">W</span><span style="color: #ff8000">i</span><span style="color: #ffa64d">l</span><span style="color: #00b300">d</span><span style="color: #006633">c</span><span style="color: #0059b3">a</span><span style="color: #0000ff">r</span><span style="color: #5900b3">d</span></font>&quot; </b>anything you want to share[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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