RPC I, 4196B

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4196B
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Galba
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 68/9
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 Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt, left; to left, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 14.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 98, McAlee 307
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 437, Prieur coll., 6 Feb. 2019, lot 324 (ex Hirsch 163, 27.9.189, lot 865)
2 2     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 415
3 3     Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 414