RPC III, 3987

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3987
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 215
Dating AD 111/12
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, ΕΙϹ
Edition Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) εισʹ
Translation of the Ascalonites, (year) 215
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 22 mm
Average weight 11.89 g
Axis 12
Reference De Saulcy 9, BMC 145
Specimens 20 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 145
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     O
4 4     NY
5 5     IMJ: 2012.001.32762 Sofaer 105
6 6     Rosenberger 136 (drawing)
7 7     Rosenberger 137 (drawing)
8 8     Rosenberger 138 (drawing)
9 9 –11     Yashin 151–53
12 12     AUB 81
13 13     ✸ NAC 64, 2012, lot 1887
14 14     P: Vogüé 424
15 15     P: Vogüé 425 (‘Hadrian’, but date looks like ƐΙ[ ])
16 16     IMJ: 78.01905
17 17     IMJ: 78.01906
18 18     IMJ: 78.01907
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     Naville Numismatics 86, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 268