RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60617)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60617)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Π(όπλιος) Ἠγ(νάτιος) Γαλλιηνὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
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 17.27 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

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Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: Löbb.
    O: Milne 1924
    Ayvagediği 189
    Bucephalus Numismatic Black 33, 10 Feb. 2024, lot 272
    ✸ CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 332
    CNG EA 564, 19 June 2024, lot 389
    Numismad 13, 8–9 Mar. 2024, lot 441
    Savoca 4th Blue, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 898