RPC I, 4867A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4867A
Province Syria
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen)
Issue Year 65
Dating 40/39 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed bust of Cleopatra, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣΚΑΛΩΝΙΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, Ε/ΑΛ, L ΞΕ (to r.)
Edition Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ΕΑΛ ἔτους ξεʹ Ἀσκαλωνιτῶν ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ΕΑΛ (ἔτους) ξεʹ
Translation of the sacred, inviolable (city) of the Ascalonites, EAL(?) of year 65
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on thunderbolt with palm over shoulder; to left, dove
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IAA: 122226 Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, Reg. No 55064: Israel Numismatic Research 5 (2010), pp. 67–98
2 2     IMJ: 15392 Cat. no. 95 and Pl. 20, 95
3 3     RBW Cat. no. 94 and Pl. 20, 94