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
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

Number Number 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