RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 59740)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 59740)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Elpidephoros II (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Π ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑΥΡ ΕΛΠΙΔΗΦΟΡΟΥ Ν / ΚΥΜ-Α-ΙΩ-Ν
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ἐλπιδηφόρου νέου Κυμαίων ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἐλπιδηφόρου ν(έου) Κυμαίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Elpidephoros the Younger, of the Cymeans
Reverse design naked athlete, standing facing, entering gymnasium, carrying agonistic crown on head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.22 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Puglisi 68
Specimens 18 (9 in the core collections)
Note For the interpretation as a gymnasium, see Puglisi, p. 308.  For the problem of this man's name, see Introduction.
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— —     P: 244
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— —     B: Fox
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— —     O: HCR102054
— —     V: GR 37801
— —     V: GR 16820
— —     Bern SNG Righetti 819
— —     ✸ Boston: 63.1101
— —     Dresden: AAC3014
— —     Gotha Kraft pl. 8, 50a
— —     Yale: 2008.83.137
— —     Leu 3, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 158
— —     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 66
— —     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 32, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 657