RPC III, 3871

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3871
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 227
Dating AD 117
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche, right; behind, aphlaston; in front, star of six rays
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ, ΖΚΣ (in ex.)
Edition Σιδῶνος ἱερᾶς ζκσʹ
Translation of sacred Sidon, (year) 227
Reverse design car of Astarte on two wheels
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.67 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1392–3, BMC 197, Abou Diwan 1543–9, 1551–5, 1559–68, 1574–5, 1577–603
Specimens 55 (18 in the core collections)
Note BMC 197 analysed 10469R

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