RPC I, 4591

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4591
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Nero
Issue Year 169
Dating AD 58/59
Obverse inscription Β Ϛ
Edition βʹ ϛʹ
Translation second semester
Obverse design veiled head of Tyche, right; before, aphlaston
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, L ΘΞΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς (ἔτους) θξρʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, of year 169
Reverse design galley, left; below, Phoenician inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.34 g
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rouvier 1348
2 2     ✸ P Bab 1724
3 3     P Bab 1725
4 4     P Bab 1726
5 5     NY: 1944.100.71618
6 6     NY: 1944.100.71618
7 7     NY
8 8     L: 1908,0110.1298 BMC 173
9 9     Baramki 146
10 10     Baramki 147
11 11     C SNG 6056
12 12     L: TC,p226.4.Sid BMC 174
13 13     Emporium Hamburg Alpha 9, 10 July 2022, lot 180