RPC III, 3869

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3869
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 227
Dating AD 117
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ ΣΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορι Τραϊανῷ Καίσαρι Ἁδριανῷ Σεβαστῷ Αὐτο(κράτορι) Τραϊ(ανῷ) Καί(σαρι) Ἁδριανῷ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Caesar Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς Σιδῶνος θεᾶς
Translation of the goddess of Sidon
Reverse design Europa on bull galloping right; in right field, ZΚΣ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1473, BMC 224, Abou Diwan 1535–8
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Note Analysis on BMC 224 10459V
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.314 BMC 224
2 2     P: 1758
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 349/1873
5 5     NY
6 6     Beirut AUB C 1131
7 7     Beirut MNB 64895
8 8     ✸ MM Deutschland 20, Righetti 8, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 854
9 9     CNG EA 201 (2008) lot 300
10 10     Pudill coll.
11 11     P: 1759
12 12     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2746 = ETB coll., ex CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 387 (ex Righetti)
13 13     Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex GSA Numis, Auction 6, April 13th, 2025, lot 286)