RPC III, 3871

 

Image of specimen #8

 

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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,B.3609 BMC 197 (and Pl. XXIII, 9)
2 2     L: RPK,p173B.1.Sid BMC 198
3 3     L: 1847,1101.183 BMC 199
4 4     L: EH,p667.1.Sid BMC 200
5 5     L: 1908,0110.1285 BMC 201
6 6     G: 3348
7 7     G: 3349
8 8     ✸ P: 1753a
9 9     P: 1754
10 10     P: 1755
11 11     Cop SNG 247
12 12     O
13 13     O
14 14     O
15 15     C: Mossop coll.
16 16     C: 516-1950
17 17     NY: 1944.100.71652
18 18     NY: 1944.100.71653
19 19 –51     see Abou Diwan
52 52     MM Deutschland 20, Righetti 8, 10–11 Oct. 2006, lot 852
53 53     CNG 212 (2009) lot 221
54 54     CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 893, 13.84.
55 55     Münster: M 1505