RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61805)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 61805)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue II: smaller coins
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΠΟΠΛ ΛΙΚ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πόπλ(ιος) Λικ(ίννιος) Ἐγ(νάτιος) Γαλληνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinnius Egnatius Gallienus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΟ Β ΝΕ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη μη(τρόπολις) κο(λωνία) βʹ νε(ώκορος) Πύθια
Translation Thessalonica, metropolis, colony, twice neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design athlete, nude, standing facing head right, holding in raised right hand wreath with which he crowns himself and in left palm branch; to left and right below, prize crowns with palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.43 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou type 38
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 566, 17 July 2024, lot 296 (double struck)
    Lazaridis collection = Touratsoglou 38