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 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 ΟΜΟΝΟΥΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ (?)
Edition Νεωκόρων Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Ζμυρνέων ὁμὸνουα Πύθια κοινὰ Ἀσίας
Translation neocorate of the Hierapolitans and the Smyrnaeans, Pythia, common to Asia
Reverse design two inscribed prize crowns with palm branches on table with curved legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.16 g
Reference Franke & Nollé -, GRPCL -
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ cannot be right, as the Chrysanthina were the games at Sardis, not Smyrna; ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑϹΙΑϹ seems much more likely, though not yet clearly attested.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     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)