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 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 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 27 mm
Average weight 16.57 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 29
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1509
    B: Fox
    Winterthur: 1436
    Naples, Fiorelli 6584
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