RPC I, 4742

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4742
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator)
Person (rev.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Years 3 and 15
Dating 35/34 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Antony, right; all in wreath
Reverse inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ, ΙΕ LΓ
Edition Πτολεμαιέων τοῦ καὶ ἰεʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of the Ptolemaeans, also of (year) 15, of year 3
Reverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.71 g
Axis 12
Reference Seyrig 20 var. (Kadman 74)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note The unexpected spelling ΠΤΟΛƐΜΑΙƐWΝ is clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 2015.20.3692 RW
2 2     NY: 1965.181.1 Kadman, pl. IV. 74
3 3     IMJ Y. Meshorer, City Coins of Eretz-Israel, p. 12, no. 1
4 4     RBW (ex Superior, 8 Dec. 1993, lot 171)
5 5     RBW
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 119
7 7     Heritage March 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20561
8 8     ✸ Markov The New York Sale XLV, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 212