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 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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# Specimen 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