RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85247)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 85247)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Eunus (grammateus)
Issue Magistrate's name, no imperial portrait
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΟϹ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Τραλλιανῶν πρώτων Ἑλλάδος Ὀλύμπια Πύθια Τραλλιανῶν πρώτων Ἑλλάδος Ὀλύμπια Πύθια
Translation of the Trallians, first of Greece, Olympia Pythia
Reverse design table upon which sits inscribed wreath and inscribed agonistic crown (with palm branches); beneath table, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 20.75 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 131
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Die-linked to coins signed by M. Aur. Eunus. The reverse is very similar to the coins in the name of Valerian, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/61686, implying a date in the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 104
    P: 1632B