RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 74735)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 74735)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Π Λ Κ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ Κ
Edition Π(όπλιος) Λ(ικίννιος) Κ(ορνήλιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Publius Licinnius Cornelius Valerianus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Aphrodite standing facing right, raising hand to face; to right, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.09 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 187 (Salonin ou Valérien le jeune), Corsten Valerian II 1
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The absence of any part of the name Saloninus implies that the portrait is of Valerian II.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Boston: 62.536 ex vA 884
— —     Trade = Rec 187 (not illustrated): 'Personnage drapé debout, de face, la main droite levée, la tête à dr.; à ses pieds à dr., un serpent dressé'.
— —     vA 7157 = Kraft pl. 107, 104 corr.