RPC I, 4196A

 

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4196A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Galba
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 68/9
Obverse inscription ΓΑΛΒΑϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Γάλβας Αὐτοκράτωρ Σεβαστός
Translation Galba Emperor Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Galba, right; to right, star
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt, left; to left, palm branch
Metal silver
Average weight 14.72 g
Reference Prieur 97, McAlee 306
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note It is not clear on several coins whether they are of year A or B: B 28991, 14.61; Schulten (8.11.1982) lot 198 = Münz Zentrum 33 (1978), lot 875; Hebron hoard (1985), 13.75; MMAG 61 (1982), lot 169, 15.03.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dura V ( = NNM 58), no. 21
2 2     Eleutheropolis hoard ( = JIAN 1907, pl. V.4)
3 3     Ariadne (9.12.1983), lot 263
4 4     Spink stock (1985)
5 5     Giessener 33 (1986), lot 369