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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG above, FEL HEL below.
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
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