RPC I, 4455

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4455
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gabala
Reign Uncertain
Issue Nero (?) Year 100
Dating AD 54/5
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head, (of Nero?), right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, Ρ (in l. field), ΜΝ (in r. field), ΚΑ (in exergue)
Edition Γαβαλέων ρʹ ΜΝ ΚΑ Γαβαλέων ρʹ ΜΝ ΚΑ
Translation of the Gabaleans, (year) 100, MN(?), KA(?)
Reverse design goddess seated, left, with poppy and long sceptre; before, sphinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.32 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note For a discussion of the identity of the obv., see above. K. Butcher reports other specimens with clear laureate head (NC 1993, p. 298).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18260430, 1922/706 ZfN 1924, 179, no. 3
2 2     P: Seyrig
3 3     P: Seyrig
4 4     NY: 1948.19.2043
5 5     G: 1 (pl. 74.6)
6 6     JSW
7 7     Leeds-UL: 1190
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 244, S. Wagner coll., 10 Nov. 2010, lot 346