RPC I, 4866

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4866
Province Syria
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 55
Dating 50/49 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣΚΑΛΩΝΙΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, L ΝΕ (in field)
Edition Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ἔτους νεʹ Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου (ἔτους) νεʹ
Translation of the sacred, inviolable (city) of the Ascalonites, of year 55
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on thunderbolt with palm over shoulder; to left, dove; in field monogram
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.20 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv Ptol 1885, BMC 20
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 20
2 2     Vat
3 3     Sv Ptol 1884