RPC I, 4803

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4803
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 377
Dating AD 65/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ ΖΟΤ
Edition Δαμασκηνῶν ζοτʹ Δαμασκηνῶν ζοτʹ
Translation of the Damascenes, 377
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, on rocks with arm outstretched and holding cornucopia; below, river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference de Saulcy 3, BMC 6
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)
Note Years 374 and 375 were also recorded by de Saulcy (nos 1–2), but no clear specimens have been encountered.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 6
2 2     L BMC 7
3 3     P: 37
4 4     P: 38
5 5     NY: 1944.100.79336
6 6     NY: 1944.100.79337
7 7     NY: 1944.100.79338
8 8     B: 18257335
9 9     ✸ B: 18257336, Rauch
10 10     B: 18257337, Löbb
11 11     V: GR 21857
12 12     V: GR 21858
13 13     Mu: 9
14 14     Rosenberger 14
15 15     Lindgren 2141
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     Münster: M 1478
18 18     Roma Numismatics EA 56, 9 May 2019, lot 542
19 19     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 9, 3 Nov. 2013, lot 372
20 20     Brisbane: N# 1619