RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63309)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63309)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus) ; Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Kleoboulos (first archon)
Alliance with Sebaste
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ / ΑΥ ΚΑ ΠΟ ΛΙΚΙ / ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικί(νιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus, Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design confronted busts of Valerian, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Gallienus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left, both seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΩΝ ΚΕ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ / ΟΜΟ/ΝΟΙΑ / ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟϹ / ΑΡΧΩΝ
Edition Τημενοθυρέων καὶ Σεβαστηνῶν ὁμόνοια Κλεόβουλος ἄρχων Τημενοθυρέων κα(ὶ) Σεβαστηνῶν ὁμόνοια Κλεόβουλος ἄρχων
Translation concord of the Temenothyraeans and the Augustans, Kleoboulos archon
Reverse design two Tychai (of Temenothyrae and Sebaste) facing one another, each holding sceptre in left and clasping right hands; above, statuette of Mên holding pine cone in right and sceptre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 27.08 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 2289–2296
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Note vA 4012, Weber 7196 and Naumann 75, 504 all look very similar: duplicate coins and/or forgeries?
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L BMC 42 ('statue of the god Mên')
— —     L: 1979,0101.2334 SNG vA 4012 ('Statuette des Men') = MMAG 10, 22 June 1951, lot 137
— —     P: 2130 Wa 7063
— —     Mu SNG 493
— —     V: GR 27958
— —     CGT coll.
— —     ✸ Künker 436 eLive, 19 Nov. 2025, lot 10400 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 19, 21 March 2006, lot 360
— —     Lindgren A1042A
— —     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 504
— —     Naumann 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 334
— —     Trade (Baldwin 1973)
— —     Waddell list 21, Dec. 1985. 168
— —     Weber 7196