RPC I, 4223

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4223
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Seleucid era, year 272
Dating 41/40 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ (to r., downwards in two lines) ΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (to l., downwards in two lines), ΒΟϚ
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; date in exergue; above Zeus, thunderbolt; left of Zeus and below throne, caps of the Dioscuri; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference McAlee 56
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 51
2 2     L BMC 25
3 3     NY
4 4     Cop SNG 81
5 5     ✸ VAuctions Triskeles Sale 26, 7 Dec. 2018, lot 473 = McAlee 56/1
6 6     Leeds-UL: 1049
7 7     Beirut-AUB: 108