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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4609 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4609 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Sidon |
Reign | Augustus |
Person (obv.) | Augustus |
Issue | Year 123 |
Dating | AD 12/13 |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | laureate head of Augustus, right |
Reverse inscription | ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ, ΓΚΡ (below) |
Edition | Σιδωνίων γκρʹ |
Translation | of the Sidonians, (year) 123 |
Reverse design | Europa on bull galloping, left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 17.90 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 1447 |
Specimens | 6 (4 in the core collections) |
Note | Rouvier (1445–6) also records years ΖΙΡ and ΒΚΡ, but no such coins have been encountered. |