URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75536
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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 ϹΕ Β
Edition
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
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.
