RPC I, 4255

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4255
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue year 28 (ΗΚ)
Dating 4/3 BC
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙ
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧΙΕΡΑΤΙΚΟΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΙΣ ΗΚ
Reverse design inscription in a wreath of an archiereus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 138–9, McAlee 199
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete list of specimens.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 106
2 2     P: 106a
3 3     P: Delepierre
4 4     L BMC 138
5 5     L BMC 139
6 6     Künker eLive 36, 8 July 2015, lot 68
7 7     Richard McAlee coll.
8 8     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.