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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4524 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4524 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Botrys |
Reign | Roman Republic |
Dating | 36/35 BC |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | veiled head of Tyche, right |
Reverse inscription | ΒΟ[ΤΡΥ]ΗΝΩ[Ν], L ΗΚ |
Edition | Βοτρυηνῶν (ἔτους) ηκʹ |
Translation | of the Botryans, of year 28 |
Reverse design | Baal in chariot pulled by two griffins |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 13 mm |
Average weight | 2.41 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | Sometimes misattributed to Bostra (see BMC Arabia, p. xxviii; A. Kindler, The Coinage of Bostra, p. 71, no. 1, and p. 105, no. 1. |