RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63831)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63831)
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 CER SAC CAP OEC ISEL HEL, COL HEL
Edition cer(tamina) sac(ra) Cap(itolina) Oec(umenica) Isel(astica) Hel(iopolitana) col(onia) Hel(iopolis)
Translation the sacred Capitoline universal iselastic Heliopolitan contests, the colony Heliopolis
Reverse design naked athlete advancing left holding palm branch in left and with right reaching into urn in front of him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Sawaya 659 (Valerian) and 817–821 (Valerian II)
Specimens 10 (4 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
— —     P: 188
— —     P: 187
— —     B: 18209679, 1911/626 FM Baalbek
— —     V: GR 21914
— —     Beirut-AUB
— —     Bank of Lebanon 398 = Sawaya 659
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Lindgren I, 2171
— —     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 714
— —     ✸ Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 829