RPC I, 4804

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4804
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 377
Dating AD 65/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped bust of Tyche, left
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ ΖΟΤ
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, on rocks with arm outstretched and holding cornucopia; below, river god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note See now J. Clark, INR 17 (2022), 155-64.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18252790., 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     Spaer Coll.: see RPC Supp. II, p. 67
3 3     P: 26 ex de Saulcy =INR 17, p. 158 no. 3b
4 4     Clark Coll. = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3c
5 5     Holyland 15, June 20, 2021, 507 (part) = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3d
6 6     Clark Coll. = INR 17, p. 158 no. 3e