RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74708)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74708)
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Οὐαλεριανὸς Γαλληνὸς Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, Valerian II
Obverse design confronted laureate, 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 prize crowns, centre one with two palms, others with single palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.84 g
Axis 1, 3, 7, 12
Reference Rec 411
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rec 412 adds ΚΑΙⳞΑ ΒΒΒ (sic) at the end of the obv., but the P coin seems tooled (see below). Rec 412 also cites a coin in L, but there is no such coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1846,0910.115 BMC 71
— —     P: 1470 Rec 411, pl. 93.30
— —     P: 1472 Rec 412, pl. 98.31
— —     Mu: 21-6021
— —     NY: 1944.100.42332
— —     Cologne: BI_0184
— —     V-ON SNG Leypold 249
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Imhoof-Blumer
— —     JM Doyen coll.
— —     ✸ Leu EA 20, 25 June 2022, lot 1897
— —     Löbbecke
— —     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 247
— —     SPQR Collection 2, 12–13 Sept. 2024, lot 511