RPC I, 4502

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4502
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 3
Dating 35/34 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΙΕΩΝ, L Γ (to l.)
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, of year 3
Reverse design Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions with horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Cop 174
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Seyrig
2 2     Cop SNG 174
3 3     RW
4 4     RBW (ex Spink 71, 11 Oct. 1989, lot 106)
5 5     RBW
6 6     ✸ Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 344