RPC III, 3737

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3737
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177
Dating AD 128/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως
Translation (city) of the Antiocheans, the metropolis
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Edition ἔτ(ους) ζορʹ
Translation of year 177
Reverse design Boule of Antioch seated, left, dropping pebble into voting urn; no letter
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.86 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 103–4; CRS 270; McAlee 126(d)
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,1214.96 BMC 103
2 2     L: 1895,0508.223 BMC 104 (and pl. XX.3)
3 3     O: Milne 1923 (ex Sotheby’s, 7 Aug. 1918, lot 80)
4 4     G SNG 2952
5 5     G SNG 2953
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65763
7 7     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 434)