RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61556)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61556)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Magistrate Menandros II (grammateus)
Issue Valerian and Gallienus (as Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΙΝ(Ν) ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίννιος Οὐαλεριανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικίνν(ιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinnius Valerian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Μενάνδρου βʹ Νυσαέων ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Μενάνδρου βʹ Νυσαέων
Translation under the grammateus Menandros II, of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Mên standing left, wearing Phrygian cap, and with crescent behind shoulders, holding patera and spear, pouring a libation over a bull’s head on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.71 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Regling 192, GRPCL 251
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1894,0402.131 BMC 67
— —     P: 885
— —     P: 884
— —     ✸ B: Fox
— —     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 127
— —     Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 324 = Leu EA 23, 22 Aug. 2022, lot 3620
— —     W. C. Holt coll.. ex James E. Seaver coll. = Morton & Eden 59, Nov. 2012, lot 840 (part).