RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61445)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61445)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Magistrate Val(erius?) Aristomachos (strategos)
Alliance with Pergamum
Obverse inscription ΠΡΩΤΗ ΛΕϹΒΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ
Edition πρώτη Λέσβου Μυτιλήν(η)
Translation Mytilene, the first of Lesbos
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ/ΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Βαλ(ερίου?) Ἀριστομάχου ὁμόνοια Μυτιληναίων καὶ Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under strategos Val(erius?) Aristomachos, concord of the Mytileneans and Pergamenes
Reverse design Tyche of Pergamum standing right, holding statuette of Artemis with bow, facing Tyche of Mytilene standing left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.07 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1325-1326, 1328–1334, vA Mytilene 21-25, Kampmann —
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 234
    P: 387.20
    P: 259 FN 1331
    B FN 1332
    Mu SNG 774 = FN 1329
    NY: 1974.226.61 Mabbott 1458 = FN 1328 = FN 1333
    Tübingen SNG 2731 = FN 1330
    H.I. coll. = FN 1334
    Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2774
    Naville Numismatics 23, 12 June 2016, lot 188
    Naville Numismatics 23, 12 June 2016, lot 188