RPC I, 4604

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4604
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 102
Dating 10/9 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ, L ΒΡ(?)
Edition Σιδῶνος ἱερᾶς (ἔτους) βρʹ
Translation of sacred Sidon, of year 102
Reverse design Europa on bull galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 9.25 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1444, BMC 204, AMC 1489
Specimens 13 (11 in the core collections)
Note The date is always read as ΒΡ, but only Β[ seems absolutely certain; moreover, the portrait looks rather later.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1292 BMC 204
2 2     L: HPB,p156.2.B BMC 205
3 3     L: G.5115 BMC 206
4 4     ✸ P Bab 1694
5 5     P Bab 1695
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     O AMC 1489
9 9     B
10 10     C SNG 6060
11 11     Cop SNG 250
12 12     Leeds-UL: 1296
13 13     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1143