RPC I, 4770

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4770
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Lysanias
Issue undated, better style
Dating 40/36 BC
Obverse inscription ΠΤΟ
Edition Πτο(λεμαῖος?)
Translation Ptolemy(?)
Obverse design diademed head, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ, ΦΛ (to r.)
Edition Λυσανίου τετράρχου ἀρχιερέως ΦΛ
Translation of Lysanias, tetrarch and high priest, FL(?)
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 27 (12 in the core collections)
Note Many in trade. For the identity of the portrait, see 4768.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 7
2 2     L BMC 6
3 3     B: 18259140, Löbb
4 4     P: 6
5 5     P: 7
6 6     P: 7a
7 7     P: Seyrig
8 8     JSW = CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 213
9 9     NY: 1961.154.322
10 10     NY: 1944.100.79311
11 11     NY: 1944.100.79313
12 12     NY: 1944.100.79312
13 13     NY: 1944.100.79314
14 14     ✸ Nomos 16, 10 May 2018, lot 150
15 15     Leeds-UL: 1206
16 16     Leeds-UL: 1207
17 17     Leeds-UL: 1211
18 18     Leeds-UL: 1210
19 19     Leeds-UL: 1209
20 20     Leeds-UL: 1208
21 21     IMJ Sofaer 40
22 22     IMJ Sofaer 41
23 23     IMJ Sofaer 42
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 707
26 26     Naumann 112, 2 Jan 2022, lot 1373
27 27     CNG 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 175