RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61333)

 

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Coin type
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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞϹ/ΤΟΥ
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum; at feet, lion left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
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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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 17874 Klose lxxv.20.1 = Kraft pl. 8, 53c