RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60618)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60618)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 Α Μ Κ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Γ Γ, ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑ ΟΛΥΜ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΙΑ ΕΚΙ (?) ΑΥΓΟΥϹ ΑΚΤΙ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙ ΕΚΙΧΙ ΑΚΤΙ
Edition Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ Σευήρια Ὀλύμ(πια) Ἁδριάνια ἐκι(χιρία) Αὐγούσ(τεια) Ἄκτι(α) Ὀλύμπι(α) ἐκιχι(ρία) Ἄκτι(α)
Translation of Tarsus, the first, greatest, most beautiful metropolis, of the 3 (eparchies), three times (neocorate), the Severan Olympian Hadrianic games, holiday, the Augustan Αctian games, Olympian, holiday, Actian
Reverse design three inscribed prize crowns on table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 16.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Ziegler, Prestige A 23
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reading on the crowns is not clear, and Ziegler's reading is followed here. He stated that, 'Die Inschriften auf der linken und der mittleren Preiskrone sind auf dem Wiener Exemplar am deutlichsten zu lesen, die Inschrift auf der rechten gibt schon H. von Aulock korrect wieder'
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     C SNG 5348
— —     Ares 5, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 546
— —     CGT coll.
— —     ✸ M&M GmbH 30, 28 May 2009, lot 1181
— —     Savoca Coins Blue 251st Weekly Blue, 25 Jan. 2025, lot 235