RPC I, 4812

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4812
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Dating AD 28/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙω ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ
Edition Τιβερίῳ Καίσαρι
Translation to Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right; to right, palm branch
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕΙΣ L ϘΒ
Edition Γαδαρεῖς (ἔτους) ϙβʹ
Translation the Gadarenes, of year 92
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 11
Specimens 21 (9 in the core collections)
Note The Rosenberger catalogue records the same type for years 90 and 91 (nos 13 and 14), but the readings do not seem certain.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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