RPC III, 3870

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3870
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 Αὐτο(κράτορι) Τραϊ(ανῷ) Καί(σαρι) Ἁδριανῷ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Caesar Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς
Translation of the goddess of Sidon
Reverse design car of Astarte on two wheels; In ex., ZΚΣ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1476, Abou Diwan 1540
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Beirut: 26096
2 2     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2748 = ETB coll.