RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 71470)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 71470)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) 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, CER / SACR / CAPET / OECVME / ISEL/ HEL
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Hel(iopolis) cert(amen) sacr(um) Capet(olinum) Oecume(nicum) Isel(asticum) Hel(iopolitanum)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta Felix Heliopolis, the sacred Capitoline universal iselastic Heliopolitan contest
Reverse design inscription above prize crown; to left and right, branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.05 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference Sawaya 699–701
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.51976
    NY: 1961.154.4
    Beirut: 1719
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 119
    ✸ Heritage Monthly 271920, 26 May 2019, lot 40061
    Solidus 129, 20 Feb. 2024, lot 104