RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63822)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63822)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) 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 SACR / CAP OEC / ISE HEL
Reverse design three prize crowns; a central one from which two palms emerge flanked by two prize crowns with single palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.07 g
Axis 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 636–643 (Valerian) and 786–810 (Valerian II)
Specimens 43 (27 in the core collections)
Note For a discussion of the attribution of some pieces to Valerian II, based on a particular obverse die, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2527
    L: 1900,0707.31
    L: 1900,0707.31
    L: 1908,0110.2530
    L: 1844,0425.255 = Sawaya 804
    ✸ L: 1895,0508.310 BMC 27
    L: 1846,0940.142 BMC 28
    L: G.4158 BMC 30, wrongly attributed to Gallienus
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1295
    P: 182
    P: 183
    B: 18209707, 1873 Fox
    B: 18209701, 1906 Löbbecke
    B: 18209705, 1911/626 FM Baalbek
    C: Mossop
    C McClean 9439
    Cop SNG 440
    G SNG 3449
    NY: 1944.100.51989
    NY: 1961.154.5
    NY: 1944.100.51990
    NY: 1944.100.51991
    NY: 1944.100.51988
    NY: 1944.100.51992
    NY: 1948.19.1742
    V: GR 21910
    V: GR 21911
    Beirut: 1723
    Beirut-AUB
    Bern SNG Righetti 2168
    Bank of Lebanon 400
    CGT coll.
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1042
    CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 318
    CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 315
    CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 809
    Coll. Fouad Alouf
    Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 8624
    Lindgren 3.1284
    Ronde C 580
    Ronde C 580
    Ronde C 580
    Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, 1612