RPC I, 4774

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4774
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Zenodorus (tetrarch)
Issue Year 282
Dating 31/30 BC
Obverse inscription ΝΕ L ΒΠΣ
Obverse design bare head of Octavian, right
Reverse inscription ΖΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΗΡΕΩΣ
Reverse design bare head of Zenodorus, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMC 866
Specimens 22 (9 in the core collections)
Note The date is sometimes retrograde; the Β is sometimes broken and can look like a Δ. The correct reverse legend is ΖΗΝΟΔΟΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧEI ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΗΡΕΩΣ, not ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ. Either a minting error, or a wrong form of genitive case. Thanks to P. Mastrangelis for comments.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Seyrig
2 2     P: 9
3 3     P: 10
4 4     O AMC 866
5 5     B: 18259141, I-B
6 6     B: 18209539, Baalbek find
7 7     B: 18259144, Löbb
8 8     B: 18259145, Fox
9 9     NY: 1944.100.79315
10 10     RBW (ex Triton XII, Wagner coll., 6 Jan. 2009, part of lot 1255)
11 11     RBW (ex Triton XII, Wagner coll., 6 Jan. 2009, part of lot 1255)
12 12     Leeds-UL: 1214
13 13     Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 235 (ex GM 138, 2005, lot 1773; NAC 84, 2015, lot 1709)
14 14     Leeds-UL: 1213
15 15     IMJ Sofaer 46
16 16     IMJ Sofaer 47
17 17     IMJ Sofaer 48
18 18     IMJ Sofaer 49
19 19     IMJ Sofaer 50
20 20     IMJ Sofaer 51
21 21     CGT coll. = Roma Esale 32, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 546
22 22     CGT coll.