RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 86719)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 86719)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Magistrate Val(erius?) Aristomachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚΙΝ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Οὐαλεριανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Λικίν(ιος) Οὐαλεριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑ/ΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Βαλερίου? Ἀριστομάχου Μυτιληναίων ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Βαλ(ερίου?) Ἀριστομάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Val(erius?) Aristomachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding patera and Dionysiac herm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 35.02 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 223
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note A unique example from this slightly anomalous obverse die. An imitation?
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1851,1216.13 BMC 223 = Kraft pl. 47, 67