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X, — (unassigned; ID 61403)
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Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/61403
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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 ΒΑΛ
Ε
ΡΙΑΝΟϹ
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
Θ
Ε
ΟΙ ΑΚΡΑΙΟΙ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition
θεοὶ Ἀκραῖοι Μυτιληναίων
Translation
Acraean gods, of the Mytileneans
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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L: 1970,0909.77
41
38.71
11
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