RPC I, 4885


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4885
Province	Syria
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Claudius (Augustus)
Issue	Year 146
Dating	AD 42/3
Obverse inscription	ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition	Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΣΚΑΛΩ, ϚΜΡ (to. r.)
Edition	Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) ςμρʹ
Translation	of the Ascalonites, (year) 146
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	13.38 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	BMC 83
Specimens	8 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 83	23	13.11	12	Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.63192	SNG 672	23	13.46	12	Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show
3	3	B		23	14.43	12		Show
4	4		Rosenberger 96	23		12		Show
5	5		Rosenberger 99	23		12	Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show
6	6 ✸	IMJ	Sofaer 64	23.6	11.05		Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show
7	7		CNG 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 260	23	13.72	1	Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show
8	8		R. Effler coll.	23	14.50	12	Obv.: GIC 143 (bare male head r.)	Show