RPC I, 4744

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4744
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 41
Dating 9/8 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right; all in wreath
Reverse inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ ], L ΜΑ
Edition Πτολεμ--- ἔτους μαʹ Πτολεμ[---] (ἔτους) μαʹ
Translation Ptolem[aeans ---], of year 41
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, with rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 10.76 g
Axis 12
Reference Seyrig 22 corr.
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Seyrig did not know any specimens with a legible date, but now 4 seems clearly to have L ΜΑ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 11
2 2     Mu
3 3     Beirut-AUB Baramki 3
4 4     Rosenberger I, 24, no. 41
5 5     ✸ Private coll. (ex CNG Triton XXIX.5, 21 Jan. 2026, lot 5599)