RPC III, 3732

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3732
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177
Dating AD 128/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως
Translation (city) of the Antiocheans, the metropolis
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of the Tyche of Antioch, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Edition ἔτ(ους) ζορʹ
Translation of year 177
Reverse design ram running r, looking back; above, crescent and star; in field, left, Γ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.65 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 102; CRS 269; McAlee 125(c)
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.222 BMC 102
2 2     O: Milne 1923 (ex Sotheby’s, 7 Aug. 1918, lot 80)
3 3     O
4 4     O: (Maj. Gen. Malcolm Clerk, 1892)
5 5     ✸ G SNG 2951
6 6     P: 418
7 7     Cop SNG 117
8 8     ETB coll.
9 9     R. Pudill coll. (ex Numisfitz 2, 4 June 2023, lot 644)