RPC I, 4615

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4615
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, right; before, star
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ΒΞΡ (in field)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς βξρʹ
Translation of Sidon, of the goddess, 162
Reverse design Europa on galloping bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.47 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1461, BMC 211
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

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