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Image of specimen #6 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4883 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4883 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Judaea |
City | Ascalon |
Reign | Caligula |
Person (obv.) | Caligula (Augustus) |
Issue | Year 143 |
Dating | AD 39/40 |
Obverse inscription | ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ |
Edition | Σεβαστός |
Translation | Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Caligula, left |
Reverse inscription | ΑΣΚΑΛΩ, ΓΜΡ (to r.) |
Edition | Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) γμρʹ |
Translation | of the Ascalonites, (year) 143 |
Reverse design | Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow holding sceptre and aplustre; to left, altar; to right dove |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 12.39 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | BMC 82 |
Specimens | 8 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | The date is clear on specimens 2 and 5. |