RPC III, 3877


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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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)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: EH,p667.2.Sid	BMC 202	23	12.97	12	Show
2	2	L: TC,p226.1.Sid	BMC 203	23.3	11.15	12	Show
3	3 ✸	P: 1765		23	10.05		Show
4	4	P: 1766		23	11.75		Show
5	5	P: 1767			8.81		Show
6	6	Cop	SNG 248		7.49	12	Show
7	7	B: P-O			9.75		Show
8	8	NY					Show
9	9 –18		see Abou Diwan				Show