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Image of specimen #8 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3871 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |