RPC III, 3972


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3972
Province	Judaea
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Year 209
Dating	AD 105/6
Obverse inscription	ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition	Σεβαστός Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, ΘϹ
Edition	Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν θσʹ Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) θσʹ
Translation	of the Ascalonians, (year) 209
Reverse design	Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow with standard and aphlaston; in left field, incense altar; in right field, dove standing left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	9.90 g
Axis	12
Reference	De Saulcy 1
Specimens	10 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	IMJ: 2012.001.32746	Sofaer 89	23				Show
2	2 –4		Rosenberger 121–23 (drawings)					Show
5	5		Yashin 129					Show
6	6	Milan	SNG 70					Show
7	7	IMJ: 2013.039.34448						Show
8	8	IMJ: 78.01891					De Saulcy cited a coin from Mi, cited from P, but said he could not find it, and was sceptical.	Show
9	9		CGT coll.	24	9.90	12		Show
10	10		Rosenberger 120	23			Obv.: GIC 319 (dove (?) r.) ; Attribution of Rosenberger, Palestine vol. 1 p.50, 120 to this type needs confirmation. Included to show GIC 319	Show