RPC I, 4878

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4878
Province Syria
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 105
Dating AD 1/2
Obverse inscription ΣΕ
Edition Σε(βαστός)
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣ LΕΡ(?)
Edition Ἀσ(καλωνιτῶν) (ἔτους) ερʹ
Translation of the Ascalonites, of year 105(?)
Reverse design Tyche-Astarte standing, left, on prow holding sceptre and aplustre; to left, dove
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The date is not certain, see introduction. A specimen in the PV coll. seems to have the date L ΒΛ[ in the r. field. Same obv. die as 4877 (year 101) and 4878 (year 105?); year [1]32 (e.g.) seems impossible. A puzzle.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.63187 SNG 667
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Rosenberger 75 (line drawing)
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 78, P. Villemur coll., 14 May 2008, lot 1488