RPC I, 4743

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4743
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 23
Dating 27/26 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right; all in wreath
Reverse inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΕΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥ(ΛΟΥ) (L ΚΓ)
Edition Πτολεμαίων ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of the Ptolemaeans, sacred and inviolate, of year 23
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, with rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.31 g
Reference Seyrig 21 (Rouvier 978, Kadman 77, 78, 89)
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier 979 records a coin in L for year 25, cited from de Saulcy, but there seems to be no such coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1521
2 2     ✸ P Bab 1522
3 3     V: GR 22453
4 4     P Bab 1523