RPC III, 3872

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3872
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 ΘΕΑΣ, ΖΚΣ (in ex.)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ζκσʹ
Translation of the goddess Sidon, 227
Reverse design car of Astarte on two wheels
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Abou Diwan 1541–2, 1550, 1556–8, 1569–73, 1576
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 3346
2 2     G: 3347
3 3     ✸ P: de Clercq 370
4 4     V: GR 22194
5 5     V: GR 22195
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     NY: 1944.100.71654
9 9     CGT coll.