RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61321)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61321)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Sextus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞϹΤΟΥ, ΠΡΩΤΑ ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΗ Γ ΝΕΩ
Edition Σμυρναίων ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σέξτου πρώτα κοινὰ Ἀσίας ἐν Σμύρνη γ(εωκόρων)
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Sextus, first of the Koinon of Asia in Smyrna, thrice neocorate
Reverse design inscription around and within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose lxxv.7 (obv. “Pergamum,” rev. “Smyrna”)
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: BNK,G.588 BMC 473, Klose lxxv.7.1
    Cop SNG 1416, Klose lxxv.7.3
    G SNG 1640, Klose lxxv.7.2
    Mu: 453 Klose lxxv.7.4
    O: Milne 1929 Pozzi 3057, Klose lxxv.7.6
    V: 17881 Klose lxxv.7.5