RPC I, 4828

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4828
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Aulus Gabinius (proconsul)
Issue Poor style (dated), year 19
Dating 46/45 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒ ΝΥ, L Θ
Edition Γαβ(ίνιος) Νῦ(σα) (ἔτους) θʹ
Translation Gabinius, Nysa, of year 9
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 6
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note The date might perhaps be 9 rather than 19.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     RW
2 2     L: 1910,0110.2420
3 3     Rosenberger 2
4 4     RBW
5 5     RBW
6 6     Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 160
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 459
8 8     Goldberg 120, 2 Feb. 2021, lot 1060
9 9     Sol V, 16 July 2022, lot 143