RPC I, 4795

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     O
3 3     P: 19
4 4     P: 20
5 5     V: GR 27334
6 6     JSW = CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 17
7 7     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 281
8 8     Leeds-UL: 1216
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 31, 26 Nov. 2016, lot 217
10 10     CNG MBS 75, 23 May 2007, lot 844