RPC I, 4501

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4501
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 2
Dating 36/35 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΙΕΩΝ, L Β (to l.)
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, of year 2
Reverse design Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions with horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.27 g
Axis 12
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Seyrig
2 2     B: 265/1933
3 3     Muñoz 4 (Superior, 7 June 1982), lot 527
4 4     P: casts
5 5     Malter II (1978), lot 296
6 6     Malter II (1978), lot 297
7 7     RW
8 8     RW
9 9     RBW (ex Superior, 8 Dec. 1993, lot 413)
10 10     RBW (ex CNA MBS XVIII, 3 Dec. 1991, lot 317)
11 11     RBW (ex NAC N, 26 June 2003, lot 1658)
12 12     RBW
13 13     RBW
14 14     RBW
15 15     ✸ Künker 133, 11 Oct. 2007, lot 8276
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 318 (ex CNG Triton XIII, Guy Weill Goudchaux coll., 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1364) = Bruun Rasmussen Online Auction 2311, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 9000
17 17     Nomos 28, 22 May 2023, lot 1257
18 18     Concordia Numismatic 19, 30 Aug. 2024, lot 848 (ex Sol Numismatik Special 1, 8 June 2024, lot 114)