RPC I, 4217

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4217
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 Tyche, standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left; date in exergue; above Zeus, thunderbolt; all within a laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 77
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 23879.30
2 2     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 868
3 3     ✸ R. McAlee coll.