RPC I, 4222

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4222
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Caesarian era, year 8
Dating 42/41 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟ (to r., downwards in two lines) ΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (to l., downwards in two lines), Η
Edition Ἀντιοχέων τῆς μητροπόλεως καὶ αὐτονόμου ηʹ
Translation of the metropolis and autonomous (city) of the Antiochenes, (year) 8
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; date in exergue; above Zeus, thunderbolt; (letters or symbols in fields)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 16.05 g
Reference McAlee 52
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P
2 2     Seyrig cast (notes 416)
3 3     L BMC 29
4 4     L BMC 30
5 5     Künker 341, 1 Oct. 2020, lot 5122
6 6     ✸ Hirsch 296, 13 Feb. 2014, lot 1911
7 7     NY