RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 83200)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 83200)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Aelius Phoibos (archon, of equestrian rank, relative of senators)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΦΟΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ (?) ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φοίβου Ἰουλιέων Γορδηνῶν ἐπ(ὶ) Φοίβ(ου) Ἰουλ(ιέων) Γορδηνῶν
Translation under Phoibos of the Iulian Gordians
Reverse design Tyche standing left holding rudder in right and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.97 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 114 corr., Hochard 549 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. The reverse is consistently given as ƐΠ ΦΟΙΒΟΥ Α ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ in all publications, but this seems implausible and  ƐΠ ΦΟΙΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ seems more likely.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Mu SNG 196 = Kraft pl. 27, 81b
— —     Aphrodite 37, 5 Oct. 2025, lot 239