RPC III, 3791

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3791
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, palm branch over right shoulder
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, Ɛ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 420/56c
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Butcher coll. is 56c, not 55c (personal correspondence, June 23 2012)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1387
2 2     L BMC 30, Butcher Pl. 21, 54c
3 3     Butcher coll.
4 4     B: 18261040, I-B
5 5     Richard McAlee coll.