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)
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.
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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.