RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74323)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74323)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian II (Caesar)
Issue Period A-B (with ΑΥ(Γ))
Obverse inscription Π Λ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ Κ
Edition Πόπλιος Λικίννιος Κορνήλιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Καῖσαρ Π(όπλιος) Λ(ικίννιος) Κορ(νήλιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Publius Licinnius Cornelius Valerianus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΠΠΑΡΧΟϹ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἱππάρχος Νικαιέων Ἱππάρχος Νικαιέων
Translation Hipparchus of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Hipparchus seated left, reaching out to sphere set on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.60 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date of this type is not certain: see Introduction Most Hipparchus coins (for Valerian and Gallienus) belong to Period A-B.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1979,0101.1397 vA 7097
— —     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 973 (as Valerian I)
— —     ✸ Time - Numismatic Time 1, 1 Dec. 2025, lot 287 (Valerian I)
— —     Wildwinds, ex Nemesis coins 2011