RPC IV.3, 6300 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6300 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Rhosus
Reign Uncertain
Issue Second century AD
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ωϹΕωΝ ΙΕΡΑϹ] ΑϹΥΛΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ
Edition Ῥωσέων ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου
Translation of the Rhosians, sacred, inviolable, autonomous
Reverse design cult statue of Baal of Rhosus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding ears of corn; between two foreparts of bulls; each surmounted by cap of Dioscuri
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.17 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Rhosus 57–8
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.66537 Levante, Rhosus 57, pl. 42 (obv.)
2 2     ✸ L: 1914-8-6-6 Levante, Rhosus 58, pl. 42 (rev.)