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
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

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