RPC III, 3873


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3873
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Hadrian
Issue	Year 227
Dating	AD 117
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	Head of Dionysus with ivy wreath, right
Reverse inscription	ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Edition	Σιδῶνος θεᾶς
Translation	of the goddess of Sidon
Reverse design	cista; above, (L) ZΚΣ; all in ivy wreath, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	5.66 g
Reference	Rouvier 1437, BMC 156–60, Abou Diwan 1604–66
Specimens	63 (17 in the core collections)
Note	Date sometimes with retrograde numerals (e.g. 1)