RPC I, 4609

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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)
Reverse design Europa on bull galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     B: 455/1911
4 4     ✸ P Bab 1708
5 5     Rouvier
6 6     CGT coll.