RPC I, 4524

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
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