RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63455)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63455)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Pednelissus
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Salonina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑΝ, Ϲ(?) Γ(?)
Edition Κορνηλίαν Σαλωνῖναν Σεβαστήν γʹ Κορ(νηλίαν) Σαλωνῖναν Σ(εβαστήν) γʹ
Translation for Cornelia Salonina Augusta, 3
Obverse design draped and diademed bust of Salonina, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΠΕΤΝΗΛΙϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Πετνηλισσέων Πετνηλισσέων
Translation of the Pednelissians
Reverse design Zeus Aetophoros seated left, on throne holding eagle in extended right and sceptre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.47 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference vA Pisidien I, 1248–50
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note vA read the obv. as ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑΝ ϹƐΒ, but ϹƐΒ is not clear. Γ = 3 seems possible, since the larger coins for Gallienus have Θ. See also introduction. But there is no obvious explanation of Ϲ Γ, if that is the correct reading.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B
— —     O: Robinson JHS 35 (1914) p. 45 no. 144 (not illustrated)
— —     Rome: 104123 Calomino MNR 536
— —     AB coll ex Priapus Numismatic auction 8, lot 368 - ex E.E Clain-Stefanelli
— —     CNG EA 470, 17 June 2020, lot 222 = CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 757 = CNG XXII, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 631
— —     Malloy XL, 1995, lot 453
— —     ✸ N&N London EA 7, 14 Aug. 2022, lot 367