RPC I, 4790

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4790
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 306
Dating 7/6 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΗΝΩΝ, ϚΤ
Edition Δαμασκηνῶν ϛτʹ Δαμασκηνῶν ϛτʹ
Translation of the Damascenes, 306
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, with rudder and cornucopia; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.67 g
Axis 12
Reference de Saulcy 17
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Note De Saulcy 16 also gives the date ΕΤ (Paris), but there is no coin in P which clearly has this date.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.79327
2 2     P: 17
3 3     P: 18
4 4     P: de Ricci
5 5     B: 18257311, Löbb
6 6     B: 18257315, Rauch
7 7     V: GR 21846
8 8     V: GR 21847
9 9     Rosenberger 2
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 185