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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 4770675, member: 80147&quot;]It doesn&#039;t happen very often but I actually purchased a coin that I like here in Australia and I must say it is a pleasure using our currency for a change. A while ago I picked up a Cilicia Mopsus Valerian bridge type coin that was built by the Romans as a gift to the city, but always intrigued by his son Gallienus&#039;s later issue of a bridge over Maeander further across West Caria. Was he trying to win brownie&nbsp; points with the locals or sending a message to any invaders ( I&#039;m thinking Sasanians) with his very warlike obverse portrait?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162090[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARIA. Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Gallienus, 253-268. Hexassarion (?) (Bronze, 30 mm, 13.65 g, 6 h). AY•K•Π•ΓAΛ[ΛIHNOC] Radiate, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to left, holding spear and shield. Rev. ANT[IOXЄΩN] Bridge of six arches spanning the Maeander, with gateway to left and river-god Maeander reclining left on bridge, holding reed. BMC 57. SNG von Aulock 2430.</p><p>And Valerian&#039;s coin below (my new coin unfortunately has the same trait as this with a scrubbed out bridge arch)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162095[/ATTACH]</p><p>CILICIA. Mopsuestia-Mopsus. Valerian I (253-260). Ae. Dated CY 323 (255/6).</p><p>Obv: AVT K OVAΛЄPIANOC CЄB.</p><p>Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔP MOΨЄ / ЄT ΓKT / Δ - Ω - Ρ - Є - Α / Π PAMOC.</p><p>River god Pyramus, holding cornucopia, reclining left on river bridge consisting of five arches; triumphal arch at left and right end.</p><p>SNG BN 1998 var. (rev. legend); Price &amp; Trell 639 (fig. 83).</p><p>Condition: Very fine.</p><p>Weight: 14.43 g.</p><p>Diameter: 31 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Any bridge coins out there that you can post?</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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