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
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

Number Number 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