RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74348)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74348)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Π(?)Ο ΠΟΠΛ ϹΑ ΛΙΚΙΝ ΟΥ[ ]
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) Ἀγκύρας
Translation of the metropolis, twice neocorate, Ancyra
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 8 (3 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/88192. ϹΑ would suggest Saloninus, but the 'portrait' seems too mature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1958.44.8
— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62250
— —     NY: 1958.44.7
— —     Ankara: 84-4/3-97 Arslan, CGK 185
— —     Aphrodite Art Coins 27, 29 Sept. 2024, lot 345 = Bucephalus Numismatic Black 29, 24–25 Nov. 2023, lot 561
— —     Biga Numismatics EA 31, 11–12 May 2024, lot 518
— —     Demos 25, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 406
— —     Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 316