RPC I, 4614

 

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4614
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Year 162
Dating AD 51/2
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left; before, uncertain object
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, L ΒΞΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς (ἔτους) βξρʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, of year 162
Reverse design Europa on galloping bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1462
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The object on the obv. is perhaps a star, as on 4615. Rouvier 1460 cites the same types for year 161, but no such coin has been encountered, and Rouvier's sources are only M and Vaillant.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     Beirut-AUB Baramki 210
3 3     Rouvier