RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61779)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61779)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue I: larger coins
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΕΓΝ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λι(κίννιος) Ἐγν(άτιος) Γαλληνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ Β ΝΕ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μητ(ρόπολις) κολ(ωνία) βʹ νε(ωκόρος)
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in extended left clasping right hands with Kabeiros holding hammer in l; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 19
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: Löbb.
    ✸ B: 18208289, 1846/6648 Touratsoglou photo: might be of either Berlin coin