RPC I, 4196

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4196
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Galba
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 68?
Obverse inscription ΓΑΛΒΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Γάλβας Καῖσαρ Αὐτοκράτωρ Σεβαστός
Translation Galba Caesar Augustus Emperor
Obverse design laureate head of Galba, right; to right, star
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ αʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 1
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt, left; to left, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.75 g
Axis 1
Reference Wr. 57, Prieur 96, McAlee 305
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note It is not clear on several coins whether they are of year A or B: B Fox, 14.26; NY, 14.18; Baldwin stock, 14.87; Philips, NY (15.6.1981), lot 156, 14.40; P 242, 14.69. Altogether 7 coins, from 3 obv. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 241
2 2     Glendining 5.3.1970, lot 209
3 3     Seaby Bull., July 1979, D3
4 4     McAlee coll.
5 5     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 708 (ex Roma Numismatics EA 39, 2017, lot 411)
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 131, 6 Aug. 2023, lot 516