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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3877 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 3877 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Sidon |
Reign | Hadrian |
Issue | Year 228 |
Dating | AD 118 |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | Turreted and veiled head of Tyche, right; behind, aphlaston; in front, star of six rays |
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 | 23 mm |
Average weight | 10.28 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rouvier 1394, Babelon 1765, Abou Diwan 1737–54 |
Specimens | 18 (8 in the core collections) |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |