RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63828)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63828)
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, CAP OEC(V) / ISE HEL, CER SAC
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Cap(itolina) Oecu(menica) Ise(lastica) Hel(iopolitana) cer(tamina) sac(ra)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Felix, the Capitoline universal iselastic Heliopolitan sacred contests
Reverse design prize crown from which two palms emerge
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.09 g
Axis 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 660–662 (Valerian) and 843–861 (Valerian II)
Specimens 31 (15 in the core collections)
Note One die was attributed by Seyrig and Sawaya to Valerian II, but it is regarded here as also depicting Valerian I. 
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2524
— —     P: 179
— —     P: 180
— —     B: 18209696, 1906 Löbbecke
— —     B: 18209690, 1911/626 FM Baalbek
— —     Cop SNG 439
— —     Mu SNG 1042
— —     NY: 1948.19.1740
— —     NY: 1948.19.1738
— —     NY: 1944.100.51973
— —     NY: 1961.154.3
— —     NY: 1944.100.51977
— —     NY: 1944.100.51974
— —     NY: 1923.150.110
— —     V: GR 21912
— —     Beirut: 1722
— —     Beirut: 1721
— —     Leeds-UL: 366
— —     Yale: 2004.6.3634
— —     AUB. 11/36 24 6
— —     Bank of Lebanon 391
— —     Bank of Lebanon 392
— —     Bank of Lebanon 393
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 402
— —     Lindgren I, 2170
— —     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 668
— —     ✸ Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 223
— —     Peus EA 7, 16 June 2018, lot 141
— —     Ronde C 582
— —     Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, 1610