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Image of specimen #24 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4781 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4781 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Syria |
City | Damascus |
Reign | Roman Republic |
Person (obv.) | Cleopatra VII (queen) |
Issue | Year 276 |
Dating | 37/36 BC |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | diademed bust of Cleopatra, right |
Reverse inscription | ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ ϚΟΣ |
Edition | Δαμασκηνῶν ϛοσʹ |
Translation | of the Damascenes, 276 |
Reverse design | Tyche seated, left, on rock with arm outstretched and holding cornucopia; before, ear of corn; below, river god; all in wreath |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 10.34 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | de Saulcy p. 34, 2, Cop 419, Sv Ptol 1890 |
Specimens | 24 (7 in the core collections) |
Note | De Saulcy no. records a variety with year ΕΟΣ, but this seems just a misreading of the square S. |