RPC II, 2047

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2047
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Titus
Issue Year 191
Dating AD 80/1
Obverse inscription ΕΙΡ
Edition ΕΙΡ
Translation EIR
Obverse design draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ / ΘΕΑΣ / ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ / ΑΣΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ / ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙΔΟΣ, ΑϘΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ναυαρχίδος αϙρʹ
Translation of Sidon, of the goddess, and sacred and inviolable, and navarch, 191
Reverse design galley, left, stem terminating forward in volute; aphlaston at stern
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1293
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1735
2 2     L: 1860,0602.12 BMC 193
3 3     Lindgren III, 1436