RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60581)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60581)
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 Nike advancing left holding wreath in right and palm in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.16 g
Axis 6
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1517 SNG 1811
    P: 1516 SNG 1812
    Yale: 2004.6.3476
    Ayvagediği 169
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 140
    CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 203
    ✸ CNG EA 462, 26 Feb. 2020, lot 242
    Sammlung Reuss = Ziegler 1988, no. 823