This coin was one in a multiple lot that I bought at the Forum of Ancient Coins. It is very rough, but needless to say I enjoy very much trying to attribute coins from multiple lots. Province Syria, Antiochia ad Orontem, Posthumous issue 14-37 AD. 27 mm, 15.594 g The only attribution I found is from acsearch: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1372025 McAlee, Coins of Roman Antioch, 208; it is not in RPC. Ob.: IMP•AVGVST•TR•POT Laureate head of Tiberius to r. Border of dots Rev.: Large S C within laurel wreath composed of eight sets of leaves; pellet in r. field. This coin type began in the final year of Augustus’ reign, but may have continued to be struck under the reign of Tiberius. The use of a dot / pellet adjacent to SC as a control mark started with the posthumous issues of Augustus struck under Tiberius. If anyone has more information about this coinage please let me know.
Honestly asking, is any coinage of Antioch in RPC? I thought Antioch was, (at least at times), a weird animal, with many considering it just as much an "Imperial" mint as Rome, and not provincial at all.
yes, coinage of Antioch is in RPC. Just an example: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4247a Can we say Imperial Province of Syria?
Thank you, I was unsure. I simply have seen many, many issues from Antioch listed under imperial, while many more listed under provincial, and never educated myself the logic people use.
The Antioch mint was initially a provincial mint under the Romans; but in the 3rd century A.D., it became an Imperial mint, striking the same coins as rest of the Empire and using the same standards.
I once damaged a coin while attempting to clean it so I will not try any cleaning no matter how a coin looks like
What is really very confusing is that one and the same coin is in RIC and in RPC, so which is the criteria E.g. the Crocodile As (or Dupondius) is RPC I 525 and also RIC² 159-160; There are many others that are in both.
