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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/74750 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | X |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 74750) |
Province | Bithynia-Pontus |
Region | Bithynia |
City | Prusias ad Hypium |
Reign | Valerian and Gallienus |
Person (obv.) | Gallienus (Augustus) |
Issue | Phase (i) Valerian with -ΑΥ |
Obverse inscription | ΠΟΥ ΛΙΚ ΕΓΝΑ ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟϹ |
Edition | Πού(βλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Ἐγνά(τιος) Γαλληνός |
Translation | Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ |
Edition | Προυσιέων πρὸς Ὑπίῳ |
Translation | of the Prusians near the Hypios |
Reverse design | laureate and draped bust of the hero Kieros(?), right, seen from front |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 21 mm |
Average weight | 2.87 g |
Axis | 11 |
Reference | Rec 79 |
Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | Johnston (p. 148) suggested that the reverse might depict Valerian II. |