RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60609)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60609)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πού(βλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ / Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate)
Reverse design Tyche Pantheia helmeted and winged left holding rudder and corn ears in right and cornucopia in left; at her left, a wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.63 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1859,1219.54 BMC 324
    P: 1523 SNG 1819
    NY: 1944.100.55073
    Yale: 2001.87.7238
    Ayvagediği 175
    Ayvagediği 176
    Ayvagediği 177
    Roma Numismatics 19, 1 Aug. 2015, 489 = Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 489