RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 59950)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 59950)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 3
Obverse inscription Π Λ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Π(όπλιος) Λ(ικίννιος) Γαλληνὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Publius Licinnius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Edition Ἡρακλεᾶς νεωκόρ(ου)
Translation of Heraclea, neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, leaning with right on staff entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.47 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rec 242 cites a similar reverse for a worn coin in the Wa collection (not in P) with the obv. ΑΥΤΟ Κ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΟΣ ΑΥΓ

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.42148
    NY: 1998.18.31 ex Lindgren III, 178
    SNG vA 458