RPC I, 4770

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4770
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Lysanias
Issue undated, better style
Dating 40/36 BC
Obverse inscription ΠΤΟ
Edition Πτο(λεμαῖος?)
Translation Ptolemy(?)
Obverse design diademed head, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ, ΦΛ (to r.)
Edition Λυσανίου τετράρχου ἀρχιερέως ΦΛ
Translation of Lysanias, tetrarch and high priest, FL(?)
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 27 (12 in the core collections)
Note Many in trade. For the identity of the portrait, see 4768.

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