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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3158 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 3158 |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Apamea |
| Region | Phrygia |
| City | Sebaste |
| Reign | Nero |
| Magistrate | Tiberius Zenodotos |
| Dating | AD 63/8 |
| Obverse inscription | ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ |
| Edition | Σεβαστηνῶν |
| Translation | of the Augustans |
| Obverse design | head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΤΙ ΖΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΣ |
| Edition | Τι(βέριος) Ζηνόδοτος |
| Translation | Tiberius Zenodotos |
| Reverse design | eagle on branch, right |
| Metal | brass |
| Average diameter | 15 mm |
| Average weight | 2.72 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Reference | BMC 1, Cop 671 |
| Specimens | 5 (4 in the core collections) |
| Note | The qualitative metal analysis on 2 suggested an unusual alloy of copper, zinc, tin and lead (generally called 'gun metal' in English). |
