RPC I, 4878B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4878B
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, left
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 23 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Conformation required: date seems probable, but not certain. 
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