RPC I, 4215

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4215
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Year 17
Dating 50/49 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ (to r., downwards in two lines) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (to l., downwards), ΙΖ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως ιζʹ
Translation of the Antiochians the metropolis, 17
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.91 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 42
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 71
2 2     CGT coll. = Pecunem 6, 4 Aug. 2013, lot 241
3 3     Leeds-UL: 1044
4 4     Leeds-UL: 1045
5 5     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 115, 9-10 Oct. 2021, lot 365)
6 6     CNG 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 242
7 7     Savoca 3rd Blue, 25 Nov. 2017, lot 351
8 8     Agora 69, 26 Sep. 2017, lot 51