RPC I, 4743

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4743
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 23
Dating 27/26 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right; all in wreath
Reverse inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΕΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥ(ΛΟΥ) (L ΚΓ)
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, with rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Seyrig 21 (Rouvier 978, Kadman 77, 78, 89)
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier 979 records a coin in L for year 25, cited from de Saulcy, but there seems to be no such coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1521
2 2     ✸ P Bab 1522
3 3     V: GR 22453
4 4     P Bab 1523