RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60652)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60652)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year Τ (300)
Dating AD 253/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πού(βλιος) Λικί(νιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, wearing priestly diadem, seen from rear; in front, serpent staff of Asclepius
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕωΝ ΝΕ ΝΑ
Edition Αἰγέων νε(ωκόρου) να(υαρχίδος)
Translation of the Aegeans, neocorate, nauarchis
Reverse design Medusa head in centre of Zodiac, in interstices of which letters
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.45 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Haymann 239
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Although the type is undated, it shares its obv. die with coins dated to year 300 (Τ).  Haymann regarded that 'das letzte Ν ist wahrscheinlich in Μ(ΑΚƐΔΟΝΙΚΗϹ) zu verbessern', but this seems implausible. It seems more likely that ΝƐ ΝΑ stands for ΝƐΩΚΟ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, as is found on other coins.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B: 18234460, Fox
— —     NY: 1973.191.105
— —     Ankara: 240-1 M. Arslan, Kilikia Aigeai Darpli Uc Unik', Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi 2006 Yilligi (2007, pp. 127-42, no. 3)
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 304, 10 Apr. 2024, lot 192
— —     Künker 115, 25 Sept. 2006, lot 733, Haymann 239.1
— —     Roma Numismatics XXIII, 24 Mar. 2022, lot 534 = Roma Numismatics XXVIII, 5–6 July 2023, lot 455