RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85622)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 85622)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Coins marked 15 and 11 (smaller)
Obverse inscription ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΝ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ, Ι - Α
Reverse design Zeus standing left, nude, head right, left hand on hip, holding sceptre in right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 8, 9, 10
Reference Flament & Marchetti p. 45, D.a/R.5 and R.6; D.b/R.6 and R.8; D.c/R.8 and R.10
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note This is very hard to distinguish from the somewhat larger https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/59708. It is possible that these are just smaller specimens of the same 'larger' type.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Argos excavations = D.d/R.13a
    Argos excavations = D.d/R.13b
    Argos excavations = D.d/R.13c
    Argos excavations = D.d/R.13d
    ✸ D.d/R.12 = BCD Coll. = LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 1220