RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 86468)

 

 

Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 86468)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Saloninus (Caesar)
Issue Issue A
Obverse inscription ϹΑΛΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΟΥΑΛ[ ]
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Saloninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΝΕΟΚ
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, with serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Reference Rec. p. 383 note 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Although not otherwise attested, Sabatier's description sounds quite specific and plausible.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Rec. p. 383 note 1, ex Sabatier, RBN 19 (1863), p. 125, 13: ' ϹΑΛΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ ΟΥΑΛ .... Buste nu de Salonin, à droite, avec le paludametum Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΝƐΟΚ. Esculape, debout, à gauche, appuyé sur son bâton symbolique. Rollin et Feuardent, 18 millimetres'.