RPC I, 4885


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4885 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΣΚΑΛΩ, ϚΜΡ (to. r.)
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
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