RPC I, 4373

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4373
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 28 (ΗΚ)
Dating 4/3 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ, ΗΚ (behind), ΔΗ (below)
Edition Ἀπαμέων τῆς ἱερᾶς ηκʹ ΔΗ
Translation of the sacred (city) of the Apameans, (year) 28, DE(?)
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.13 g
Axis 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same obv. die.
Note The letters under the head of Tyche were read as ΔΜ by Grant, FITA 330, but are clear on 1 (cf. H. Seyrig, Syria, 1950, pp. 19–20, n. 3

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     B: 18241382, I-B
3 3     B: 18241383, Kassell
4 4     G: 33 (pl. 83.27) SNG 3151
5 5     P: Seyrig 1968/115
6 6     V: Laodicea 21711
7 7     Lindgren 2039
8 8     JSW
9 9     JSW
10 10     Butcher coll.
11 11     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 363
12 12     CGT coll. = Savoca London Auction 5, 15 Mar. 2020, lot 450
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 10, 26 July 2014, lot 494
15 15     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 241
16 16     R. McAlee coll.