RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61311)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61311)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Philetos (strategos, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικίν(ιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΠ Ϲ ΦΙΛΗΤΟΥ ΙΠΠΙ/ΚΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Φιλήτου ἱππικοῦ
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, under strategos Philetos of equestrian rank
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding patera, double axe and pelta and in right and chlamys in left; prow at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.70 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose lxxv.1–2
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 458, Klose lxxv.1.1
    V: 36689
    A CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 303 = Mabbott 1636
    CGT coll. = Saint Paul 17, 30 June 2018, lot 464