RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74289)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74289)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Alliance with Byzantium
Issue Period A-B (with ΑΥ(Γ))
Obverse inscription Γ ΠΟΥΒ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Nymph Nikaia in short chiton and with kalathos, quiver on her back, standing right, clasping hands with Tyche of Byzantium in chiton standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7, 10
Reference Rec 817, Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1858 (Artemis and Tyche), Franke & Nollé 1381–1386
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1393 vA 7079
— —     P: 494 Wa 446 = Rec 817, pl. 87.14 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1858.2
— —     C SNG Lewis 1297 = Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1858.1
— —     O Sotheby Mar. 1930, lot 289
— —     Cologne Weiser 178
— —     Cologne Weiser 179
— —     Cologne Weiser 180
— —     Stockholm SNG 1959
— —     Zagreb: 3289