RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 63856)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 63856)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Augusta Traiana
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Γαλλιηνὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Gallienus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ(ΝΗ), Δ
Edition Αὐγούστης Τραιανῆ(ς) δʹ
Translation of Augusta Traiana, 4
Reverse design Zeus (?) standing left, holding patera in right and sceptre in left; (to left, eagle)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.83 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss 509 (Dionysus), Varbanov 1403 (Zeus)
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/cn.augusta_trajana.1_ed.386
Specimens 16 (0 in the core collections)
Note Usually identified as Dionysus, but Zeus seems more likely, as suggested by the occasional presence of the eagle.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Plovdiv: 1240 Schönert-Geiss 509 (found at Pazardzik)
— —     Stara Zagora Minokova AT 792-794 (Zeus), 802-806 (Dionysus), 807 (Zeus)
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Falghera 2586
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 282, 14 Oct. 2021, lot 3366
— —     ✸ Varbanov 2, 1389
— —     Varbanov 2, 1413
— —     VCoina Tom Vossen, Oct. 2024, SKU: 30656