RPC I, 4529

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4529
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 2
Dating 36/35 BC
Obverse inscription L Β ΘΑ
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ ΘΑ
Translation of year 2, THA(?)
Obverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΒΗ ΔΙΟ
Edition Βη(ρυτίων) Διο(—)
Translation of the Berytians, Dio—
Reverse design facing Baal of Berytus in quadriga of hippocamps
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.59 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Syria 1950, 44, no. 1, Sawaya 70–71
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P
2 2     Chiha coll.
3 3     private coll.