RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 92607)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 92607)
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Λικίνιος Γαλλιηνός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Γαλλιηνός
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus
Obverse design draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, wearing taenia, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΥΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚΥΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ (?)
Edition νεωκόρων Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Ζμυρνέων ὁμονύα Πύθια κ—οινὰ Ἀσίας νεωκόρων Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Ζμυρνέων ὁμονύα Πύθια κ(—)<οι>{υ}(νὰ) Ἀσίας
Translation of the neocorate Hierapolitans and Smyrnaeans, concord, Pythia, Kino of Asia
Reverse design two inscribed prize crowns with palm branches on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.35 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 906–908 corr., GRPCL -
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note The reading ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ cannot be right, as the Chrysanthina were the games at Sardis, not Smyrna; ΚΥΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ seems much more likely, though not yet clearly attested.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: Fox Franke & Nollé 906
— —     B: Sperling Franke & Nollé 907
— —     Tübingen: SNG Tübingen 4058 SNG 4058 = Franke & Nollé 908
— —     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 12, 20–21 July 2024, lot 315 ( ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ)
— —     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 12, 20–21 July 2024, lot 316 ( ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ)
— —     Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 13, 31 Aug.–1 Sept. 2024, lot 357 ( ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ)
— —     ✸ Rex Numismatics E-Rex Duo 13, 31 Aug.–1 Sept. 2024, lot 360 ( ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ)