RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74703)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74703)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus) ; Gallienus (Augustus) ; Valerian II (Caesar)
Issue Period D: triple portraits
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) ϹΕΒΒΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Οὐαλεριανὸς Γαλλ<ι>ηνὸς Οὐαλεριανὸς Καῖσα(ρ) Σεβ(αστοί)
Translation Emperors Valerian, Gallienus, Valerian Caesar, Augusti
Obverse design confronted radiate, draped and cuirassed busts of Valerian and Gallienus; between, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΤΡΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων τρὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, thrice neocorate
Reverse design three temples, two seen in 3/4 view, flanking altar, from which serpent rises; the third, above, seen from front, encloses standing figure (Emperor?) standing left, holding shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.73 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Rev 409 (Demeter)
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note The figure in the upper temple is often indistinct, but on some clear specimens it looks more like the emperor with shield and spear than Demeter with corn ears and torch.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1846,0910.114 BMC 69
— —     P: 1468
— —     B: von Rauch
— —     B: 1906 Löbbecke
— —     C McClean 7519
— —     V: 15852
— —     CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 747
— —     ✸ NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1201
— —     NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1202
— —     vA 860