RPC III, 4005


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4005
Province	Judaea
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Year 223
Dating	AD 119/20
Obverse inscription	ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition	Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right
Reverse inscription	ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, ΓΚϹ
Edition	Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) γκσʹ
Translation	of the Ascalonites, (year) 223
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	24 mm
Reference	De Saulcy 2, BMC 175
Specimens	9 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Head corrected tocuirassed bust
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)