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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4788 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 4788 |
| Province | Syria |
| Region | Syria |
| City | Damascus |
| Reign | Augustus |
| Issue | Year 283 |
| Dating | 30/29 BC |
| Obverse inscription | |
| Obverse design | radiate head, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ L ΓΠΣ |
| Edition | Δαμασκηνῶν (ἔτους) γπσʹ |
| Translation | of the Damascenes, of year 283 |
| Reverse design | Hermes standing, left, with arm outstretched and holding caduceus; all in wreath |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 15 mm |
| Average weight | 3.48 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Specimens | 8 (3 in the core collections) |
| Note | The date is always retrograde. |
