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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4510 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4510 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Tripolis |
Reign | Roman Republic |
Person (obv.) | Cleopatra VII (queen) |
Issue | Cleopatra |
Dating | 36/35 BC |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | draped bust of Cleopatra, right |
Reverse inscription | ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ L Β |
Edition | Τριπολιτῶν (ἔτους) βʹ |
Translation | of the Tripolitans, of year 2 |
Reverse design | prow, right, with Nike holding wreath and palm; in field, star |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 21 mm |
Average weight | 8.69 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 1640, BMC 19 |
Specimens | 9 (4 in the core collections) |
Note | Specimens 8 and 9 are probably forgeries (thanks to Curtis Jackson-Jacobs) |