RPC II, 2055b

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2055b
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Vespasian
Issue Year 188
Dating AD 77/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and veiled head of Tyche, right; in front, star in crescent
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ΗΠΡ (above), ΒϚ (below)
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1354–5
Specimens 24 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1733
2 2     P: 1732
3 3     P: 1734
4 4     L BMC 179
5 5     L BMC 180
6 6     L BMC 181
7 7     L BMC 182
8 8     G Hunter III, p. 253, no. 33
9 9     Cop SNG 242
10 10     Beirut-AUB Baramki 157
11 11     Beirut-AUB Baramki 158
12 12     Beirut-AUB Baramki 159
13 13     Beirut-AUB Baramki 160
14 14     Beirut-AUB Baramki 161
15 15     Beirut-AUB Baramki 162
16 16     Beirut-AUB Baramki 163
17 17     CGT coll. 
18 18     Leeds-UL: 1300
19 19     Leeds-UL: 1301
20 20     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naville Live Auction 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 141)
21 21     Boston: 65.810
22 22     Cop SNG 243
23 23     VAuctions 276, 26 Jan. 2012, lot 111
24 24     Leeds-UL: 1299