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Image of specimen #20 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3857 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 3857 |
Province | Kingdom of Commagene |
Region | Commagene |
City | Kingdom of Commagene |
Reign | Antiochus IV of Commagene |
Person (obv.) | Antiochus IV of Commagene (king) |
Issue | II. Straight edge, oval fans |
Obverse inscription | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ·ΜΕΓΑΣ·ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ |
Edition | Βασιλεὺς Μέγας Ἀντίοχος |
Translation | Great King Antiochus |
Obverse design | diademed and draped bust of Antiochus IV, right |
Reverse inscription | ΚΟΜΜΑΓΗΝΩΝ |
Edition | Κομμαγηνῶν |
Translation | of the Commagenians |
Reverse design | scorpion; all in wreath (wreath enclosed in lines) |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 14.31 g |
Axis | 1, 7, 12 |
Reference | BMC 7, Kovacs 237–8 |
Specimens | 30 (17 in the core collections) |
Note | Countermarks: see introduction. For a variety with the reverse legend in horizontal lines, see G. Hirsch 175, 24 Sept. 1992, lot 520, 14.02. |