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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4877 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4877 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Judaea |
City | Ascalon |
Reign | Augustus |
Person (obv.) | Augustus |
Issue | Year 101 |
Dating | 4/3 BC |
Obverse inscription | Σ-Ε |
Edition | Σε(βαστός) |
Translation | Augustus |
Obverse design | bare head of Augustus, right |
Reverse inscription | ΑΣ L ΑΡ |
Edition | Ἀσ(καλωνιτῶν) (ἔτους) αρʹ |
Translation | of the Ascalonites, of year 101 |
Reverse design | Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow holding sceptre and aplustre; to left, dove |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 9.97 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | BMC 72 |
Specimens | 8 (6 in the core collections) |
Note | The obv. letters are not normally visible, but are clear on specimens 6–7. A specimen in the PV coll. seems to have the date L ΒΛ[ in the r. field. Same obv. die as 4877 (year 101) and 4878 (year 105?); year [1]32 (e.g.) seems impossible. A puzzle. |