RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60559)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60559)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Second neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΝ ΕΥ / ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Πό(πλιον) Λι(κίνιον) Οὐαλεριανὸν Εὐ(σεβῆ) Σε(βαστὸν) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Pius Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Helios standing left holding globe in left and raising right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.61 g
Axis 6
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Mu
— —     NY: 1944.100.55076
— —     Brisbane: 327
— —     Rome: 103301 Calomino MNR 653
— —     Yale: 2004.6.3475
— —     ✸ Biga Numismatics EA 17, 19 Mar. 2023, lot 228
— —     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
— —     CNG EA 324, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 266
— —     CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 386
— —     CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 308= SNG Levante 1182
— —     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 290
— —     Münzzentrum Rheinland 176, 11 May 2016, lot 326 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 174, 2 Sept. 2015, lot 273
— —     Süddeutscher Privatbesitz = Ziegler 1988, no. 822