RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 86509)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 86509)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Saloninus (Caesar)
Issue Flat style
Obverse inscription ϹΑΛ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Σαλ(ωνῖνος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Saloninus Valerianus
Obverse design bare head of Saloninus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design lighted torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.64 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 179 (and 173 corr.)
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The initial letter of ϹΑΛ (sic) is so poorly formed that it looks like an Ι.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: Löbb. Rec 179, pl. 111, 21
    NY: 1944.100.42382
    Sibilian = NZ 2 [1870], p. 316 no. 19: 'Stehende Keule um die sich eine Schlange windet' = Rec 173: 'Le bâton d’Asclépios debout, autour duquel est enroulé un serpent'
    ✸ SNG vA 1049