RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61347)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61347)
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 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 ϹΕΞϹΤΟΥ
Edition Σμυρ(ναίων) γʹ νεωκό(ρων) ἐπ(ὶ) Σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Σέξστου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Sextus
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding patera, double axe, pelta and chlamys; prow at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.74 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Klose lxxv.39–40, 44 (“Smyrna”)
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1838,0419.82 BMC 460, Klose lxxv.40.2
    P: 2780 Klose lxxv.44.1
    B: 18226038, 1852/10729 Klose lxxv.39.1
    C Lewis collection; Klose lxxv.40.1
    Cop SNG 1409
    Gotha Klose lxxv.40.3
    CGT coll.
    ✸ Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1314