RPC III, 3978


Image of specimen #14

Coin type
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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)