RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60578)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60578)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Second neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) 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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ, Γ / Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλ(εως) 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 Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus in left and pouring from cantharus over panther to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.04 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1518 SNG 1800
    P: 1539.47, Y 20263 SNG 1801
    V-ON SNG Leypold 2709
    ✸ CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 300
    Falghera 2568
    Sammlung Karbach = Ziegler 1988, no. 828