RPC III, 3876

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3876
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 Αὐτοκράτορι Τραϊανῷ Καίσαρι Ἁδριανῷ Σεβαστῷ Αὐτο(κράτορι) Τραϊ(ανῷ) Καί(σαρι) Ἁδριανῷ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Caesar Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, (drapery on far shoulder)
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ΗΚΣ (in r. field)
Edition Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ηκσʹ Σιδῶνος θεᾶς ηκσʹ
Translation of the goddess of Sidon, (year) 228
Reverse design Europa on bull galloping right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1474, BMC 225, Abou Diwan 1716–36
Specimens 26 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5119 BMC 225
2 2     P: 1764
3 3     P: Chandon 861
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71702
5 5     NY: 1948.19.2241
6 6     V: GR 36398
7 7 –21     see Abou Diwan
22 22     ✸ CNG EA 135, 15 Mar. 2006, lot 70
23 23     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 408
24 24     CGT coll. ex VCoins Gert Boersema ex A.K. Collection, CNG Triton XIV (2011), lot 558, part 38 ex Frank Sternberg Zurich 33, 18-19 Sep. 1997, lot 64.
25 25     M. Cressman coll.
26 26     Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex GSA Numis, Auction 6, April 13th, 2025, lot 286)