RPC I, 3608

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3608
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Archelaus of Cappadocia
Person (rev.) Archelaos (king)
Issue Year 40
Dating AD 4/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Heracles with lion skin round neck, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΧΕΛΑΟΥ, Μ
Edition Βασιλέως Ἀρχελάου μʹ
Translation of King Archelaus, 40
Reverse design Mount Argaeus
Metal silver
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 1.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Simonetta 8, RSN 1898, 11, no. 39
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B RSN 1898, Taf. I.23 = T. Reinach, Essai sur la Numismatique des Rois de Cappadoce (Paris, 1887), pl. III.24
2 2     ✸ Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1305