RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 86524)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 86524)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Period C-D
Obverse inscription ΠΟ ΛΙ ΕΓΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design figure standing right, holding serpent coiled round column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note If a column, then Apollo? But the figure seems draped, perhaps Hygieia? But, if so so, an unuaula pose

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1911,1010.36