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| Image of specimen #9 | |
| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4795 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 4795 |
| Province | Syria |
| Region | Syria |
| City | Damascus |
| Reign | Augustus |
| Issue | Year 325 |
| Dating | AD 13/14 |
| Obverse inscription | |
| Obverse design | bare head, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΔΑΜΑϹΚΗΝΩΝ L ΕΚΤ |
| Edition | Δαμασκηνῶν (ἔτους) εκτʹ |
| Translation | of the Damascenes, of year 325 |
| Reverse design | head of Tyche, right; all in wreath |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 20 mm |
| Average weight | 8.01 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Reference | de Saulcy 20–1 = Aug 4, BMC 3 |
| Specimens | 10 (5 in the core collections) |
| Note | Presumably the head is supposed to be an imperial portrait; if so, Tiberius seems more likely, in view of its youthful look and similarity to the portraits on other Tiberian coins (4797–8). The portrait is not like that on 4793–4. |
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