RPC I, 4530

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4530
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 50
Dating 32/31 BC
Obverse inscription L Ν
Edition (ἔτους) νʹ
Translation of year 50
Obverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΒΗ L Ϛ L ΑΚ
Edition Βη(ρυτίων) ϛʹ ακʹ
Translation of the Berytians, of year 6, of year 21
Reverse design Baal of Berytus in quadriga of hippocamps
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.81 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Syria 1950, 44, no. 2, Rouvier 437, Sv 1886, Sawaya 72-75
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Note These coins are triple dated: year 50 of Berytus, 6 of Cleopatra in Phoenicia and 21 of Cleopatra in Egypt. The last two dates enable us to date the series to 32/31 BC. Assuming the same starting point for all eras, which seems a reasonable assumption, year 1 of Berytus is 81/80. It follows that the year 53 coins (RPC 4531-3) date to 29/28, not 28/27.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Seyrig
2 2     A
3 3     Chiha coll.
4 4     Malter II (1978), lot 291
5 5     RBW
6 6     RBW
7 7     RBW ex MünzZentrum 86, 11 Sept. 1996, lot 93
8 8     RBW (ex Malter XLV, 28 May 1991, lot 224)
9 9     ✸ CNG Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 425
10 10     Savoca Herakles 1, 14 Oct. 2024, lot 47