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 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)

Specimens of this coin type

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