RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61333)

 

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Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61333)
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 Α Κ Π ΛΙΚΙΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικίν(ιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞϹ/ΤΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ Στρατηγοῦ Μᾶρκου Αὐρηλίου Σέξστου Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκό(ρων) ἐπ(ὶ) Σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σέξστου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, under strategos Marcus Aurelius Sextus
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum; at feet, lion left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.80 g
Axis 5
Reference Klose lxxv.20 ( “Smyrna”)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The  obv, die, common at Magnesia and Mostene, has been altered, with the addition of Α Κ Π squeezed in at the beginning, to conform better to the 'Smyrna' obverse legends.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 17874 Klose lxxv.20.1 = Kraft pl. 8, 53c