RPC I, 4202

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4202
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Year 3
Dating 64/63 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ (to r., downwards) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (to l., downwards), Γ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως γʹ Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως γʹ
Translation of the metropolis of the Antiochenes, 3
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 6.17 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference McAlee 74
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Corr.: the medium denomination (ca. 18mm) shows a bust of Zeus, r., and not a veiled, turreted, draped bust of city goddess
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Seyrig cast
2 2     V: GR 21089
3 3     McAlee coll. (illustrated p. 81, under 74)
4 4     ✸ CGT coll.
5 5     NY
6 6     Richard McAlee coll.