RPC I, 4804

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4804
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 377
Dating AD 65/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped bust of Tyche, left
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ ΖΟΤ
Edition 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 19 mm
Average weight 6.73 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note See now J. Clark, INR 17 (2022), 155-64.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18252790., 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     Spaer Coll.: see RPC Supp. II, p. 67
3 3     P: 26 ex de Saulcy =INR 17, p. 158 no. 3b
4 4     Clark Coll. = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3c
5 5     Holyland 15, June 20, 2021, 507 (part) = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3d
6 6     Clark Coll. = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3e