RPC I, 4781

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
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.

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