RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85378)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 85378)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Alliance with Pergamum; Ephesus; Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ
Obverse design horned head of Zeus Ammon, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius on left, facing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus; the whole flanked by two figures of Nemesis (that on the right, with wheel)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé —, Kampmann —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The scene on the reverse shows that the alliance is with Ephesus (Artemis). Pergamum (Asclepius)  and Smyrna (the Nemeses).
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