RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60628)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60628)
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ / Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Γ, ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙΟΝ / ΕΛΕΕ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ κοινοβούλιον ἐλεύθερον
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, greatest, most beautiful, of the three (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), the free regional council
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding cornucopia in left and depositing a ballot in an urn to left At her side, a shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.89 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: Z 541 SNG 1828
    P: 1533 SNG 1829
    G SNG 2353
    CGT coll. = Saint Paul 17, 30 June 2018, lot 468
    CNG EA 564, 19 June 2024, lot 392 = CNG E68, 9 July 2003, 182
    ✸ SNG Levante 1197 = CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 57