RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60340)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60340)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Irenopolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΔϹ = 204
Dating AD 254/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λί(κινος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinus Valerian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ Γ /Ϲ-Δ, Η
Edition Ἰρηνοπολιτῶν {γʹ}σδʹ ηʹ
Translation of the Irenopolitans, 204, 8
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding snake in arms, facing Asclepius standing left, resting on serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.33 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karbach 170
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Karbach plausibly explains the reverse die as a survival (apparently otherwise unknown) from year 203 recut for use in year 204.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Mu Weber = Karbach 170.1
— —     ✸ A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz vi.667
— —     Karbach 170.2
— —     Savoca 32nd Blue Auction, 23 May 2020, lot 1099