RPC I, 4456

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4456
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Claudia Leucas
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator)
Magistrate Di—
Issue Antony
Dating 37/31 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Antony, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΛΑΝΕΩΤΩΝ, ΑϘϹΥ (in field), ΔΙ (under forelegs of the quadriga)
Edition Βαλανεωτῶν ΑϘΣΥ Δι(—)
Translation of the Balaneans, ΑϘΣΥ(?), Di—
Reverse design quadriga, left, with god wearing tiara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.59 g
Axis 3
Reference RN 1964, 41, no. 1
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Note Α might stand for year 1 of the Antonian era, i.e., 37/36 BC. Is there actually 􏰲ΔΙ in the exergue, or is this an error (point raised by MM 85, 11 April 1997, lot 177).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0405.1
2 2     P: 968
3 3     P: 969
4 4     Beirut
5 5     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 245
6 6     Bern JPR 5493
7 7     RBW
8 8     RBW (ex Sternberg XXVI, 16 Nov. 1991, lot 262)
9 9     RBW
10 10     RBW (ex MM 85, 11 Apr. 1997, lot 177)
11 11     ✸ Rauch 102, 7 Nov. 2016, lot 309
12 12     Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 198
13 13     B: 18258915, 1914/158