RPC III, 3996


Image of specimen #14

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3996
Province	Judaea
Region	Judaea
City	Ascalon
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Year 220
Dating	AD 116/17
Obverse inscription	ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition	Σεβαστός
Translation	Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan (or Hadrian?), right
Reverse inscription	ΑϹΚΑΛΩ, KϹ
Edition	Ἀσκαλω(νιτῶν) κσʹ
Translation	of the Ascalonites, (year) 220
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	23 mm
Average weight	11.00 g
Axis	12
Reference	De Saulcy 14, BMC 156
Specimens	18 (5 in the core collections)