RPC I, 4789

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1861,1112.89 BMC 5