RPC I, 4271

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4271
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Year 45 (ƐΜ)
Dating AD 14/15
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Σεβαστὸς Σεβαστοῦ Καῖσαρ
Translation Augustus son of Augustus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΜ
Edition ἐπὶ Σιλανοῦ Ἀντιοχέων εμʹ
Translation under Silanus, of the Antiochenes, (year) 45
Reverse design inscription within a laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.09 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 152–3, McAlee 215 (variety without A), McAlee 216 (variety with A)
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)

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