RPC I, 4504

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4504
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 40
Dating 25/24 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΙΕΩΝ, L Μ (above)
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων (ἔτους) μʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, of year 40
Reverse design Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions with horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.60 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 870
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Seyrig
2 2     Rouvier (pl. Z.19)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71167
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Sol IV, 4 June 2022, lot 167