RPC II, 2053

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2053
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Vespasian
Issue Year 186
Dating AD 75/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of young Dionysus, right, crowned with ivy
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ϚΠΡ (in field)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ϛπρʹ Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ϛπρʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, 186
Reverse design prow, left, stem terminating in volute; on prow, turreted Astarte standing, left, holding aphlaston and cruciform standard; on right, Phoenician inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1304 BMC 192
2 2     Beirut-AUB Baramki 194 and pl. XXIV, 7