RPC I, 4788

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4788
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 283
Dating 30/29 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design radiate head, right
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ L ΓΠΣ
Edition Δαμασκηνῶν (ἔτους) γπσʹ
Translation of the Damascenes, of year 283
Reverse design Hermes standing, left, with arm outstretched and holding caduceus; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.48 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note The date is always retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1986,0434.19
2 2     B: 18257325, Löbb
3 3     V: uncertain 36907
4 4     Rosenberger 7
5 5     JSW = CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 13
6 6     JSW
7 7     Leeds-UL: 1215
8 8     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1545