RPC VI, 30563


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/30563 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	30563 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Smyrna
Region	Aeolis
City	Cyme
Reign	Uncertain
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	draped bust of Sarapis, right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design	eagle standing right on line, wings closed
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	15 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Puglisi 88 (Valerian and Gallienus)
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The relatively good style of the eagle suggests that the type may date from a period earlier than Valerian and Gallienus. M. Spoerri has pointed out the similar obverse at Smyrna (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/56658), which has been attributed to the period of RPC VI..

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
✸		Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 201		1.92		Show
	C: CM.LK.1588-R		16	1.89		Show
		CGT coll. = Pecunem 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 422	15	1.93	6	Show
	P	Wa 1284		1.50		Show
		Gorny & Mosch 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4427	14	2.49		Show