RPC I, 4216


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4216 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	4216
Province	Syria
Region	Syria
City	Antioch
Reign	Roman Republic
Issue	Year 19
Dating	48 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ (to r., downwards in two lines) ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (to l., downwards), ΙΘ (in exergue)
Reverse design	Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; date in exergue; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the field, left, a cornucopia; all within a laurel wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	McAlee 43
Specimens	23 (7 in the core collections)
Note	McAlee, p. 74, n. 25, stated that coins dated 48/7 (RPC 4216) and 47/6 (RPC 4219) are frequently seen with a countermark which is usually described as a head of Apollo. In his opinion, this countermark portrays Cleopatra and “was used to mark coins circulating in the Syro-Phoenician territories which were given to her by Mark Antony”.Date in exergue most of the time on thunderbolt.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 73			12.60			Show
2	2	L	BMC 34	23				Show
3	3		CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 395	24	12.60	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
4	4	B: 18211645		24	13.98	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
5	5	B: 18257499		23	12.07	12		Show
6	6 ✸	B: 18257501		25	14.16	1		Show
7	7	Leeds-UL: 1047		25.6	13.29	12		Show
8	8	Leeds-UL: 1048		25	12.81	12		Show
9	9		Naumann 74, 3 Feb. 2019, lot 173	23	12.14			Show
10	10		Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 137	24	12.01			Show
11	11	Leeds-UL: 1046		26	11.13	12		Show
12	12		CGT coll.	23	10.89	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
13	13		CGT coll. = CNG 350, 6 May 2015, lot 385	23	10.33	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
14	14		CGT coll.	23	10.69	12		Show
15	15		J. R. coll.	23	14.40		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
16	16	Cop: 74		25	12.03			Show
17	17		CGT coll. = Lydia Auction 11, 2 Oct. 2021, lot 1530	25	9.95	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
18	18		CGT coll.	24	12.83	12		Show
19	19		Münzen & Medaillen 45, 9 June 2017, lot 491	24	12.71		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain design (on coin of Syrian Antioch))	Show
20	20		Münzzentrum Rheinland 177, 14 Sep. 2016, lot 112		12.47		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain head (of Apollo or Cleopatra?), r. in oval punch)	Show
21	21		Chris Scarlioli coll.	23.4	12.97	12		Show
22	22	L	BMC 33	23				Show
23	23		Aquila 4, 19 Aug. 2022, lot 526	23	10.70			Show