RPC II, 2052

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2052
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Domitian
Issue Year 198
Dating AD 87/8
Obverse inscription ΕΙ
Edition ΕΙ ΕΙ
Translation EI
Obverse design draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ / ΘΕΑΣ / ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ / ΑΣΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ / ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙΔΟΣ, ΗϘΡ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ναυαρχίδος ηϙρʹ Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου ναυαρχίδος ηϙρʹ
Translation of Sidon, of the goddess, and sacred and inviolable and navarch, 198
Reverse design galley, left, stem terminating forward in volute; aphlaston at stern
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.52 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1297
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1737
2 2     L: TC,p226.3.Sid BMC 196
3 3     Leeds-UL: 1305
4 4     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Sol XI, 4 March 2023, lot 258)