RPC I, 4451

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4451
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gabala
Reign Augustus
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, ΓΚ(?), Ϙ (in l. field), ]ΔΗ (in exergue)
Reverse design goddess seated, left, with poppy and long sceptre; before, sphinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note The year is probably 23, though the second digit is not certain. For the date, probably 9/8 BC rather than 24/23 BC, see Introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.66226
2 2     P: 1013
3 3     B: 18241254, 1906 Löbbecke
4 4     L: 1980,0210.1
5 5     Kadman
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 462, 26 Feb. 2020, lot 258