RPC II, 2055b

 

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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)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ηπρʹ βʹ ϛʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, 188, second semester
Reverse design galley, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.03 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1354–5
Specimens 25 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1733
2 2     P: 1732
3 3     P: 1734
4 4     L: 1908,0110.1303 BMC 179
5 5     L: 1906,0712.78 BMC 180
6 6     L: EH,p669.10.Sid BMC 181
7 7     L: EH,p669.9.Sid 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
25 25     L: 1925,0105.117