RPC I, 4612

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4612
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Issue Year 148
Dating 37/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right; before, star
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ, L ΗΜΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος (ἔτους) ημρʹ
Translation of Sidon, of year 148
Reverse design Europa on bull galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.15 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1457–8, BMC 208
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier 1457 is the same as 1458, but without star; however, the star is often very faint, and the view taken here is that all coins originally had the star, like the crescent on Augustan coins of year 102.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 5
2 2     L: 1906,0712.62 BMC 208
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     NY
6 6     ✸ P Bab 1714
7 7     Mu: 5a
8 8     Mu: 5b
9 9     O