RPC I, 4608

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4608
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 117
Dating AD 6/7
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ, L ΖΙΡ (in field)
Edition Σιδώνος (ἔτους) ζιρʹ
Translation of Sidon, of year 117
Reverse design car on two wheels
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1452
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier 1453 adds a further coin with this type for this year, with the obv. description ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΣΙΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ and lituus behind head. This is taken from Mi S8.273.14 and seems most implausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1704
2 2     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1479
3 3     Chris Scarlioli coll.