Volume: II №: 2053

Reign: Vespasian

City: Sidon  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ (20 mm) Average weight: 6.66 g. Issue: Year 186 (AD 75/6)

Obverse: bust of young Dionysus, right, crowned with ivy

Reverse: ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, ϚΠΡ (in field); prow, left, stem terminating in volute; on prow, turreted Astarte standing, left, holding aphlaston and cruciform standard; on right, Phoenician inscription