RPC I, 4868

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4868
Province Syria
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 66
Dating 39/38 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣΚΑΛΩΝΙΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, L ΞϚ (in field)
Edition Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ἔτους ξϛʹ Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου (ἔτους) ξϛʹ
Translation of the sacred, inviolable (city) of the Ascalonites, of year 66
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 13.52 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ The Fan Museum ex Victor A. Adda coll. = Christie's 9.10.1984, lot 311 = A. Baldwin Brett, AJA 1937, 452