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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λίκινος Οὐαλεριανός 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 σδʹ ηʹ 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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# Specimen 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