RPC I, 4096

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4096
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Uncertain Syrian mint of Cleopatra and Antony
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Person (rev.) Mark Antony (imperator)
Issue Cleopatra and Antony
Dating c. 36 BC
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΙϹϹΑ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ΘΕΑ ΝΕΩΤΕΡΑ
Edition Βασίλισσα Κλεοπάτρα Θεὰ Νεώτερα
Translation Queen Cleopatra, the Younger Goddess
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΡΙΤΟΝ ΤΡΙΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ
Edition Ἀντώνιος Αὐτοκράτωρ τρίτον τρι(ῶν) ἀνδρῶν
Translation Antonius, imperator for the third time, one of the triumvirs
Reverse design bare head of Antony, right, behind, R·
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note See M. and K. Prieur, The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their Fractions (Lancaster PA and London, 2000), p. 6, where the coins are given to ‘Antioch’s secondary mint’ (but with no arguments for the attribution). Butcher, CRS, pp. 55-8, agrees with a date of 36BC, and is also uncertain about mint attribution.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Sarnakunk hoard 372 = SNG Armenia I, 454