RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61761)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61761)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue I: larger coins
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΠΟΠΛΙ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Πόπλι(ος) Λικ(ίνιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΟ Β ΝΕΩ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μη(τρόπολις) κο(λωνία) βʹ νεω(κόρος)
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding palm in left facing Kabeiros standing right, holding hammer in left, clasping right hands; between. altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.88 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 1
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    O
    Istanbul
    Aphrodite Art Coins 20, 25–26 Feb. 2024, lot 302
    ✸ CGT coll. ex Savoca 119th Blue, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 375
    Lazaridis coll.