RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61621)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61621)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Magistrate Domitius Rufus (asiarch, son of a twice-asiarch, of equestrian rank, and first archon)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π Λ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ (Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λ(ικίνιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΟΜ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ Κ ΥΙΟΥ Β ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΑΡΧ Α, ϹΑΡΔΙΑ/ΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕ/ΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Δομιτίου Ῥούφου ἀσιάρχου καὶ υἱοῦ βʹ ἀσιάρχου ἄρχοντος αʹ Σαρδιανῶν γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ Δομ(ιτίου) Ῥούφου ἀσιάρχ(ου) κ(αὶ) υἱοῦ βʹ ἀσιάρχ(ου) ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαρδιανῶν γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Domitius Rufus, asiarch and son of a twice asiarch, first archon, of the Sardians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design wreath enclosing inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.25 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 714, Hochard 2155
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note The unusual wreath is composed of the helichrysum (see the discussion in the introduction to Sardis in RPC VIII.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1331
— —     ✸ B: IB Kraft pl. 39, 79b
— —     Harvard: 1983.56.157
— —     The Coin Cabinet Ancients 24, 10 July 2025, lot 311
— —     Wildwinds