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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4876B json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4876B |
Province | Syria |
Region | Judaea |
City | Ascalon |
Reign | Uncertain |
Issue | Reign of Augustus (?) |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | male head, right |
Reverse inscription | ΑΡ |
Edition | αρʹ |
Translation | (year) 101 |
Reverse design | crescent and star |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 12 mm |
Average weight | 2.13 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 7 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | Attribution not certain. The attribution to Ascalon was made when /1 was thought to have the reading ΑΣ. However, it is now clear that the correct reading is ΑΡ, so there is no basis for an attribution to Ascalon. Perhaps Aradus? |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |