RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 72217)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 72217)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Π(?)Ο ΠΟΠΛ ϹΑ ΛΙΚΙΝ ΟΥΑΛ[ ]
Edition Πό(πλιος?) Πόπλ(ιος) Σα(λωνίνος) Λικίν(ιος) Οὐαλ[---]
Translation Publius(?) Publius Saloninus Licinius Val[---]
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Β Ν ΑΝ[ΚΥΡΑϹ]
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) Ἀγκύρας
Translation of the metropolis, twice neocorate, Ancyra
Reverse design two temples, each showing two columns and facing one another obliquely; within each temple, thymiaterion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.65 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading of the obverse legend and the identity of the portrait are not certain. See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/74348.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Bay Numismatics EA 7, 1 Nov. 2024, lot 603
    ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 480
    CGT coll. = Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 430