RPC I, 4245

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4245
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Publius Quinctilius Varus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue year 26 (ϚΚ)
Dating 6/5 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, ϚΚ (in field, r.)
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 58, McAlee 86
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 96
2 2     P: Vogué 225
3 3     L BMC 58
4 4     C
5 5     C
6 6     G
7 7     Cop SNG 91
8 8     V: GR 21119
9 9     B: 18205060, I-B
10 10     Yale
11 11     ✸ R. Effler coll.
12 12     J. Clark coll.
13 13     priv Coll H.I. (ex Savoca silver 193, 28 Jan. 2024, lot 133)