RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61084)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61084)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Neocorate not specified
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΝΑΤ ΓΑΛΛΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) <Ἐγ>νάτ(ιος) Γαλλεινός
Translation Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Α Α[ϹΙΑϹ]
Edition Ἐφεσίων α' Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, first of Asia
Reverse design ram left approaching three-tiered pyre, behind which a tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.47 g
Reference Karweise 1165A and 1065 (Valerian) corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note I-B pointed out that a similar scene occurs on coins of Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Gordian III, Philip).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B Kraft pl. 28, 161b: 'Magnesia in Ionia'
— —     I-B, GM p. 116 no. 289, pl. 8.23 (Valerian) (rev. only), but with obverse (unillustrated) ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΝ (sic) ΒΑΛƐΡΑΝΟϹ (sic) = Karwiese 1065
— —     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 287