RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63704)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63704)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνὸς Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Γαλλιηνὸς
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΠΟΝΤ ]ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ, [ΕΤ ΡϘ]Β(?)
Edition Πόντου μητροπόλεως Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους ρϙβʹ Πόντ(ου) μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτ(ους) ρϙβʹ
Translation metropolis of Pontus, Neocaesarea, year 192
Reverse design table with curved legs, on which prize crown from which two palms emerge; between, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.60 g
Axis 6
Reference Çizmeli —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A strange coin, showing Gallienus laureate and seen from front, which otherwise does not occur at Neocaesarea. Nor does he reverse die appear in Çizmeli's corpus. Perhaps an imitation?

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CGT coll.