RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85379)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 85379)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Alliance with Pergamum; Ephesus; Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΠΡΩΤΗ ΛΕϹΒΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ
Edition πρώτη Λέσβου Μυτιλήν(η)
Translation Mytilene, the first of Lesbos
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ὁμόνοια Μυτιληναίων
Translation concord of the Mytileneans
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
Average weight 19.92 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1342, vA Mytilene 30, Kampmann 96
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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