RPC III, 3875

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3875
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 228
Dating AD 118
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ ΣΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορι) Τραϊ(ανῷ) Καί(σαρι) Ἁδριανῷ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Caesar Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ΗΚΣ (in ex.)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ηκσʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, (year) 228
Reverse design car of Astarte on two wheels
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.65 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1745, BMC 226–8, Abou Diwan 1678–715
Specimens 46 (20 in the core collections)
Note Analysis on BMC 226, 10458X

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