RPC I, 4613

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4613
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Year 15[?]
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, L [ ]ΝΡ (in field)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς (ἔτους) [---]νρ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, of year 15[.]
Reverse design Europa on galloping bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1459
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier read the year as L ΗΝΡ; the date is illegible on 2, but on 1 and 3 ΝΡ is clear. G. F. Hill (BMC) thought the first numeral might be Ϛ, but this is not certain. The traces on 3 are most like Η, thereby supporting Rouvier's reading, but again this is very unsure.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1018.14 BMC 209
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1291 BMC 210
3 3     B: 443/1927