RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60595)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60595)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Second neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΝ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Πόπλιον Ἠγνάτιον Γαλλιηνὸν Σεβαστὸν Πατέρα Πατρίδος Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Π(όπλιον) Ἠγ(νάτιον) Γαλλιηνὸν Σε(βαστὸν) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Publius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed (decorated with two Nikai) bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ - Γ / Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσ(οῦ) 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 30 mm
Average weight 14.56 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
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