RPC I, 4225A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4225A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Caesarian era, year 10
Dating 40/39 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ (to r., downwards in two lines) ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (to l., downwards), Ι
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως αὐτονόμου ιʹα Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως αὐτονόμου ι(ʹα)
Translation of the autonomous metropolis of the Antiochenes, (year) 11
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; date in exergue on thunderbolt; above Zeus, thunderbolt; all in wreath (letters or symbols in fields)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Butcher, CRS 21bis
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note R. McAlee notes that the style of this coin is closer to those dated Year 20 and later, and that the date might be a partially obscured “K" (Year 20) rather than “I” (Year 10), even though the “I” seems clear.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan see Butcher
2 2     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.