RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 79867)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 79867)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Magistrate Konon ; Polla
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΟΝΩΝΟϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Κωνῶνος
Translation under Konon
Obverse design bust of Sarapis, right
Reverse inscription ΠΩΛΛΑ ΚΥΜΑΙΟΙϹ
Edition Pῶλλα Κυμαίοις
Translation Polla for the Cymeans
Reverse design Isis standing left, holding up sistrum and situla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.34 g
Axis 6
Reference Puglisi 86
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The exact date is uncertain, since neither Konon nor Polla occur on any other coins. L. Bricault has pointed out the the same Isis type occurs on coins of Gallienus in the name of the prytanis Hermeias (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/59765; cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/59777 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/59778). The style of the coin is compatible with such a date, and very small coins seem to have been made at Cyme in this period.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 173 Wa 1289
— —     B: 18280155, 1914/776 R. Salditt-Trappmann, Tempel der ägyptischen Gotter in Griechenland und an der Westkuste Kleinasiens (Leiden, 1970, p. 42.15, pl. B.6)
— —     Cop SNG 134
— —     A: 1891-1892 KS' 390
— —     ✸ Leu EA 20, 25 June 2022, lot 1921