RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61403)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61403)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΒΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Βαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕΟΙ ΑΚΡΑΙΟΙ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design the three Theoi Akraioi, semi-nude: one stands facing, raising hand in greeting and holding sceptre; on either side the two other gods stand, each holding a sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 38.71 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figures are presumably the Theoi Akraioi (gods who dwell on the heights). A. B. Cook, Zeus p. 873 no. 10 cited an old reference to a similar reverse type (with an obverse of Zeus Boulaios) in the Medici collection: see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/86721.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1970,0909.77