RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61763)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61763)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός 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 ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΛ Β ΝΕ, ΠΥΘΙΑ ΑΚΤΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μητρόπολις κολωνία βʹ νεωκόρος Πύθια Ἀκτια Θεσσαλονίκη μητρ(όπολις) κολ(ωνία) βʹ νε(ωκόρος) Πύθια Ἀκτια
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate, Pythian (games), Actian (games)
Reverse design table seen obliquely on which are two prize crowns, each with palm branch protruding; above, purse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.51 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 3
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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— —     ✸ Thessaloniki: Rhitsos Touratsoglou photo: presumably of coin 1 or 2, but the book does not indicate which