RPC I, 3720

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3720
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Antiochus IV of Commagene
Person (obv.) Antiochus IV of Commagene (king)
Person (rev.) Iotape (queen)
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Δ Κ Σ (to l.)
Edition Βασιλέως Μεγάλου Ἀντιόχου Ἐπιφανοῦς δκσʹ
Translation of King Antiochus the Great, Epiphanes, 224
Obverse design diademed head of Antiochus IV, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ [ΙΩΤΑΠΗ], ΔΙ (in field)
Edition Σεβαστηνῶν μητροπόλεως βασίλισσα Ἰωτάπη Δι(—)
Translation of the metropolis of the Sebastans, Queen [Iotape], Di—
Reverse design Iotape seated, left, with patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Axis 12
Reference RSN VIII (1898) 31, no. 20, Kovacs 278
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note For the date, 224, see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P H. Seyrig, RN 1964, 51, fig. 7
2 2     private coll. see RSN VIII
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 289