RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61803)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61803)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue I: larger coins
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π(Ω)Ο ΛΙ ΕΓΝ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π{ω}ό(πλιος) Λι(κίνιος) 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 ΚΟ Β ΝΕ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μητ(ρόπολις) κο(λωνία) βʹ νε(ωκόρος)
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton in right and hammer in left; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou type 36 and var.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.11927 SNG 898
    CGT coll.
    Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 46 - Part 1, 15 Feb. 2018, lot 387
    ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 402