RPC I, 4878A


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4878A
Province	Syria
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Augustus
Issue	year 111
Dating	AD 7/8
Obverse inscription	ΣΕ[ ]ΤΟ
Edition	Σε[---]το
Translation	Augustus [---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription	ΑϹΚΑΛΩ LΑΙΡ(?)
Edition	Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) (ἔτους) αιρʹ
Translation	of the Ascalonites, of year 111(?)
Reverse design	Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow holding sceptre and aplustre; to left, dove
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	10.40 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Confirmation required. The inscriptions and descriptions are given following Reichardt; they cannot be read on the Rosenberger coin, but the CGT coin (4878B) seems similar, on the reverse.
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Reichardt Collection NC 1862, p. 117, no. 60 = de Saulcy p. 191, no. 17					Show
2	2 ✸				Rosenberger III, p. 75, no. 16	22	10.40	12	inscriptions illegible. The date is just about legible.	Show