RPC I, 4510

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 19 = NCirc., 1937, 424, no. 42
2 2     ✸ P Bab 1896
3 3     B: 28715
4 4     P: casts Bonhams/Vecchi I (1980), lot 239
5 5     RBW (ex Peus 336, 28 Apr. 1993, lot 166)
6 6     RBW (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 10, 5 Oct. 1993, lot 316)
7 7     RBW
8 8     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 254
9 9     Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 204