RPC I, 4500

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4500
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Demetrias
Reign Uncertain
Issue Tiberius (?)
Obverse inscription ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΕΤΟ[
Edition [---]βαστοῦ ἔτο[---]
Translation [---] of Augustus, year [---]
Obverse design laureate head, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗ[ ]ΕΩΝ
Edition Δη[---]έων
Translation of the Demetrians
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.07 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The legends were read as ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟΥ ƐΤΟΥϹ Ρ and ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΕΩΝ by Sestini, followed by Mionnet and Seyrig. Sestini adds the warning '(Lit. Vit.)', presumably as a qualification of the end of the obv. legend. The head is normally identified as that of Tiberius, but resembles that of Caligula at Laodicea (4444).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18259330, Knobelsdorf