RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63825)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63825)
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
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Hel(iopolis)
Translation Colony of Julius Augustus Felix Heliopolis
Reverse design head of Mercury, right . with caduceus behind, facing bust of Fortuna, draped and veiled, left with cornucopia and standard behind; between, purse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.90 g
Axis 4, 6, 9, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 663 (Valerian) and 822–831 (Valerian II)
Specimens 15 (7 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1900,0707.25
— —     ✸ P: Chandon de Briailles 1296
— —     P: 177
— —     P: 178
— —     B: 18209654, 1911/626 FM Baalbek
— —     NY: 1961.154.369
— —     NY: 1944.100.83964
— —     Bern SNG Righetti 2169
— —     CGT coll. = CNG 344, 12 Feb. 2015, lot 336
— —     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 120
— —     CNG Mail Bid Sale 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 877
— —     CNG Mail Bid Sale 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 667
— —     Lindgren I, 2172 = Sawaya 663
— —     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 367
— —     Vecchi, 6–7 Oct. 1997, 1609