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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4789 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4789 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Syria |
City | Damascus |
Reign | Augustus |
Person (obv.) | Augustus |
Issue | Year 306 (?) |
Dating | 7/6 BC |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | bare head of Augustus, right |
Reverse inscription | ΔΑΜΑϹΚΗΝΩΝ, ϚΤ(?) (before) |
Edition | Δαμασκηνῶν ϛτʹ |
Translation | of the Damascenes, 306 |
Reverse design | winged figure seated, left, with wreath and palm; all in wreath |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 8.33 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | de Saulcy p. 35, 2 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | The date is not at all clear. BMC (Hill) gives 'symbol (?)', de Saulcy a retrograde ΣΙ. The figure on the rev. has been identified as 'Eros or Agon (?)' (BMC) or Victory (de Saulcy); Nike seems the obvious choice in view of the wreath and palm, as it appears on other Damascene coins, but it is a very unusual pose for her. |