RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60632)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60632)
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, ΕΚΙΧΙΡΙΑΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ ἐκιχιρί(α) Ὀλύμπια
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, first, greatest, beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), 3 times (neocorate), holiday, Olympia
Reverse design male figure (herald?) standing facing, head right, wearing petasus and holding caduceus in left and staff in right; on right, female figure (Eirene? Ekecheiria?) standing facing, head left, holding caduceus in left and staff downward in right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.23 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Prestige A 24 corr. 
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Ziegler, p. 30, identifies the figures as above, dismissing Hermes for the male figure, since he holds no purse, as is normal.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1975,0411.352 Ziegler pl. 2.16 (rev.)
— —     NY: 1944.100.55084 Cahn 60 (1928), lot 1722 = Ziegler 3.16a (rev.)
— —     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2106 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 762
— —     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1244