RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 78255)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 78255)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΡϘΒ = 192
Dating AD 255/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λικ(ίνιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ (Β), ΕΤ ΡϘΒ
Edition κοι(νοῦ) Πόντ(ου) μη(τροπόλεως) Νεοκαισαρίας βʹ ἔτ(ους) ρϙβʹ
Translation of the koinon of Pontus, metropolis Neocaesarea, twice (neocorate), year 192
Reverse design table with curved legs. on which prize crown from which two palms emerge on; below, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.36 g
Axis 6
Reference Çizmeli 414 and var.
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note The additional Β on one die presumably refers to the second neocorate

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Ankara: 4-84/16-93
    Biga Numismatics EA 16, 18 Feb. 2023, lot 133
    CGT coll.
    ✸ NBS WA 13, 31 July 2022, lot 463