RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60563)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60563)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Second neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Πόπλιον Λικίνιον Οὐαλεριανὸν Σεβαστὸν Πατέρα Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Π(όπλιον) Λ(ικίνιον) Οὐαλεριανὸν Σε(βαστὸν) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεω(ς) 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 Kronos, wearing crown, standing left, holding harpa in right and patera in left (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.25 g
Axis 6
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     A Imhoof-Blumer 1898b: 178 no. 51
— —     CGT coll. = Biga EA 6, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 600
— —     CGT coll. = Dara EA 3, 6 Nov. 2021, lot 1397
— —     Karbach coll. = Ziegler 1988, no. 827
— —     ✸ Nimrod Numismatik 11, 27 Apr. 2025, lot 362
— —     SNG Levante 1183 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 273 = CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 55 = CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 330