RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 83127)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 83127)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Salonina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Obverse design draped and diademed bust of Salonina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Α[ ], Γ
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion left; beneath throne, lion right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Die-linked to Apronianus (sole reign). The reading of the reverse is not clear. The letter after the ethnic definitely seems to be an Α, suggesting Apronianus (but with no title?). There is also a Γ in the left field, for which no obvious explanation suggests itself. No doubt the eventual discovery of another specimen will clarify the reading.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 303