RPC III, 3790

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3790
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ
Edition ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) αὐτονόμου
Translation sacred, inviolable, autonomous
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕωΝ ΠΕΙΕΡΙΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων Πιερίας
Translation of the Seleuceans of Pieria
Reverse design sacred stone of Zeus Kasios with fillet attached within shrine consisting of four pillars supporting a pyramidal roof surmounted by an eagle; beneath, ZEYС ΚΑСΙΟС; In field, right, Γ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.67 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 29; CRS 420/54c
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 29
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Auctiones 62, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 52)