RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75536)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75536)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Year 13
Dating AD 265/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Γαλλιηνὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.35 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This is the only coin from year 13 with a cuirassed bust (seen from front), a bust type which was otherwise used only until year 12 (and again from year 14). This suggests that it was made from a die left over from year 12.
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