RPC III, 3978

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3978
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 211
Dating AD 107/8
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, ΑΙϹ
Edition Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) αισʹ
Translation of the Ascalonites, (year) 211
Reverse design Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow with standard and aphlaston; in left field, incense altar; in right field, dove standing l
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.72 g
Reference De Saulcy 4, BMC 140
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

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