RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63277)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63277)
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
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
Edition Συνναδέων
Translation of the Synnadeans
Reverse design shrine/temple with two columns with arcuated lintel; within, shield (?), surmounted by five corn ears (?), and flanked by two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.41 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 65, Cop 733
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Note The object was identified as a shield by Nollé on similar coins of other periods ( J. Nollé, “Kaiserliche Privilegien für Gladiatoremunera und Tierhetzen: Unbekannte und ungedeutete Zeugnisse auf städtischen Münzen des griechischen Ostens,” JNG 42/43 (1992/3) 49-82), but here it does seem to be surmounted by corn ears, suggesting a modius. Cf. the same problem at Cremna: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63434.
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