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 Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, ΑΙϹ
Edition	Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν αισʹ 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)