RPC I, 4452

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4452
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gabala
Reign Augustus
Issue Years 59 (Caesarian) and 44 (Augustan)
Dating AD 13/14
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, ΔΜ (in l. field), ΘΝ (in r. field), ΖΗ (in exergue)
Edition Γαβαλέων δμʹ θνʹ ΖΗ
Translation of the Gabaleans, (year) 44, (Augustan) 59, ZH(?)
Reverse design goddess seated, left, with poppy and long sceptre; before, sphinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.81 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 3
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Note The Ζ in the exergue is sometimes retrograde. Compare the similar coins of Balanea from the same year (4460).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66225
3 3     P: 104
4 4     ✸ P: Seyrig
5 5     P: Chandon 1385
6 6     P: Chandon 1385A
7 7     JSW
8 8     Butcher coll.
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 March 2013, lot 2527