RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 72243)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 72243)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Π(όπλιος) Ἠγ(νάτιος) Γαλλιηνὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ / Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate)
Reverse design Heracles standing right holding club on ground in right, left hand on hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.03 g
Axis 1, 7
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Kassel: ALg 446,4 CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1180 = SNG Levante suppl. 295
    Kassel: 1136 Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1892
    CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 802
    CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 521
    Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1412