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 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 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

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