RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61792)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61792)
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίννιος Ἐγνάτιος Γαλληνός 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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚ ΜΗΤ ΚΟ Β ΝΕ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μητρόπολις κολωνία βʹ νεώκορος Πύθια Θεσσαλονίκ(η) μητ(ρόπολις) κο(λωνία) βʹ νε(ώκορος) Πύθια
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design two wrestlers, naked, engaged; palm branch to left, wreath to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.66 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 29
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1509
— —     B: Fox
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— —     Winterthur: 1436
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