RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60163)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60163)
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Apollonia Salbace
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Menandros Pelides (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ, Β
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Γαλλιηνὸς βʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus, 2
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΗΛΔ, Υ ΝΓ, ΑΠΟΛΛω-ΝΙΑΤωΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Μενάνδρου Πηλ<εί>δ(ου) Υ ΝΓ Ἀπολλωνιατῶν
Translation of strategos Menandros Pelides, Y NG(?), of the Apolloniates
Reverse design emperor, radiate, standing in facing quadriga holding Nike in left and raising right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 29.41 g
Axis 7, 9, 10
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note The reading and sense of the letters on the exergual line are not clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1902,0610.14
— —     ✸ B: Löbb. I-B, GRMK p. 86 no. 5 ('ϹΤΡΑ ΜƐΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΗΛΔ, über der Abschittslinie V | ΝΟ (?), darunter {ΤΟ} ΑΠΟΛΛⲰΝΙΑΤⲰΝ')
— —     NY: 1971.230.36
— —     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 266 = CNG EA 507, 5 Jan. 2022, lot 235