RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63269)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63269)
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Kelsos II (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ / Ϲ-ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καὶ(σαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Γαλληνὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ ΚΕΛϹΟΥ Β / ΑΡΧ - ΕΠ
Edition Συνναδέων Κέλσου βʹ ἄρχ(οντος) ἐπ(ί)
Translation of the Synnadeans, under Kelsos II, archon
Reverse design two athletes, one on right holding palm in left and crowning himself with right; the one on left drops tessera into urn between them; above and between them, prize crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.11 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The strangely positioned ƐΠ seems to stand for ἐπί (so Schultz)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ B: 18202545, 1966/1 H.-D. Schultz, 'Unedierte und seltene griechische Münzen aus Neuerwerbungen des Münzkabinetts', Forschungen und Berichte 10 (1968), p. 220, no. 9.