RPC I, 4890

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4890
Province Syria
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 171
Dating AD 67/8
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left; to left, altar
Reverse inscription ΑΣΚΑΛΩ, ΑΟΡ (to r.)
Reverse design Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow holding standard and aplustre; to right, dove
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.63196 SNG 678
2 2     B: 661/1919
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Agora Coins 2 (1975), lot 202
6 6     Beirut-AUB Baramki 61
7 7     Beirut-AUB Baramki 62
8 8     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 69
9 9     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 178
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Triton XXV, 25-26 Jan. 2022, lot 6491