RPC I, 4886


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4886
Province	Syria
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition	Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Claudius?, right
Reverse inscription	Α Σ
Edition	Ἀσ(καλωνιτῶν)
Translation	of the Ascalonites
Reverse design	Phanebal, standing facing, holding harpa and shield
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	6.04 g
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 78
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Probably to be attributed to Claudius, as he is the only emperor with a right-facing laureate head and no altar on the obv. (issue of year ϚΜΡ); a similar countermark also appears on Claudian coins.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 78	19	7.00	12	Obv.: GIC 142 (laureate (?) bust, r.)	Show
2	2	L	BMC 79	19		12		Show
3	3	L	BMC 80	19		12	coin has similar types, but different letter forms; a similar piece in B (Löbb, 5.04) has traces of ]ΟϹ on the obv., as in ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ (cf. Rosenberger 81 - line drawing).	Show
4	4	IMJ	Sofaer 63	16.8	3.67			Show
5	5	IMJ	Sofaer 51, as Augustus?	19	6.80			Show
6	6 ✸	IMJ	Sofaer 52, as Augustus?	27.4	6.70			Show