RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63795)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63795)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Valerianus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, CERT / CAP / OEC
Edition colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Heliopolis certamen Capitolinum Oecumenicum col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Hel(iopolis) cert(amen) Cap(itolinum) Oec(umenicum)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Felix Heliopolis, the Capitoline universal contest
Reverse design inscribed prize crown, from which grain stalk flanked by palms emerges, on table with two outward-curving legs; between, cup
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.42 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya 687–689
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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— —     B: 18209782, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
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