RPC I, 4605

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4605
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 106
Dating 6/5 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, L ϚΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος ἱερᾶς καὶ ἀσύλου (ἔτους) ϛρʹ
Translation of Sidon, the sacred and asylum (city), of year 106
Reverse design goddess standing, left, with aplustre and stylis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.43 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1450
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P Bab 1700
2 2     T. Holman coll.