RPC I, 4601A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4601A
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Augustus
Issue Year 89
Dating 23/22 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription [Σ]ΙΔΩ/[Ν]ΟΣ Θ[Ε]/ΑΣ, [L] ΘΠ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς (ἔτους) θπʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, of year 89
Reverse design Nike standing on prow, right, holding wreathe and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1391, Baramki 129
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin, dated year 89 = 23/22 BC, was known from Rouvier 1391 and Baramki 129 (and pl. XXIV, 3), but omitted from RPC I.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2004/38