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| BMC 2 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Circa 435-420 BC. AR Half Shekel. Galley sailing left; two waves below / King of Persia standing right, drawing bow; incuse head of Bes to left, incuse head of goat to right; all within incuse square. Betlyon 4, SNG Copenhagen 188-189. | Text | Image | |
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| BMC 8 | Phoenicia, Sidon, Abdeshmun AR Half Shekel. Circa 410-400 BC. Galley left before four city towers, two lions addorsed below; Phoenician letter B above / King of Persia standing left, slaying lion. Betlyon 14. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 14 | Phoenicia AR 1/16th Shekel. Abdeshmun, ca 410-400 BCs. War-galley to left before battlemented city wall with three towers, two lions back to back in exergue / King of Persia standing right, drawing bow; incuse head of Bes to left, incuse head of goat to right. Betlyon 9. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 17 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alshallim II (386/5-372 BC). AR double shekel. War galley left with row of shields on bulwark, Phoenician letter beth in field above, two zigzag lines of waves below / King of Persia in chariot left, King of Sidon on foot behind. Betlyon 16, BMC 17. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 17ff | Phoenicia, Sidon. Bodashtart. Circa 384-370 BC. AR Tetrashekel. Galley to left; Phoenician letter B above (off flan) / King in chariot, followed by attendant in Egyptian dress. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 25 | Phoenicia, Sidon, Baalshallim II. Circa 407/2-372/68 BC. AR Double Shekel. Dated RY 3[2-4] (circa 373-368 BC). War galley travelling left over waves; bet above / King of Persia & driver in chariot left; Baalshallim following behind, date above. Betlyon 18 corr. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 26cf | Phoenicia, Sidon. Time of King Bodashtart. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Half Shekel . War galley left, waves below / Bearded deity in horse-drawn cart left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 26ff | Phoenicia, Sidon. Time of King Bodashtart. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Half Shekel . War galley left, waves below / Bearded deity in horse-drawn cart left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 34 | Phoenicia, Sidon. 372-358 BC. AR 1/16 Shekel (0.73 gm). Galley to left over waves / Persian king slaying lion; Phoenician AB between. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 46 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. War galley left / King of Persia in cart left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 60 | Phoenicia, Sidon. 'Abd'ashtart I. 372-358 BC. AE 13mm. Year 11 (361/360 BC). Galley to left; date above / Head of 'Abd'ashtart right. Betlyon 30. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 67 | Phoenicia, Sidon, 'Abd'ashtart II AR Eighth Shekel. War galley left / Persian king standing right, battling lion standing left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between, all in shallow incuse square. Betlyon 34. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 82 | Sidon, Mazaios. AR Tetrashekel. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 117 | Sidon. 43/44 AD. AR Half Shekel. Turreted bust of Tyche right / Eagle standing left, palm over far shoulder; date & letters in fields. Prieur 1352; RPC I 4561. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 130ff | Sidon, Phoenicia. AE21. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Astarte standing left on galley, tiller in right hand, sceptre in left, date in left field. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 132 | Sidon, Phoenicia, 83-82 BC. 3.447g, 19.8mm. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Astarte standing left on galley, tiller in right hand, sceptre in left, date L QK in left field, SIDWNIWN and Phoenician script (l ts d n m) below. BMC 132. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 137 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE 21mm. Year 34 (78-77 BC). Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled & turreted, & Demos right (note: Waser states that the male head cannot be that of Zeus, as the head is in the background, thus taking a minor position and there is no trace of laurels or taenia)./ SIDWNOS QEAS, Phoenician galley sailing left; date L DL above, Phoenician inscription "of the Sidonians" below. SNG Cop 221, Lindgren 2324. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 143 | Phoenicia - Sidon. 58-57 B.C. AE 21 mm. Laureate head of Zeus r. Reverse: Europa riding bull l. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 155 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE19. 64 BC to 117 AD. Head of young Dionysus left, wreathed with ivy / cista mystica, SIDONOS QEAS below, year above (Sidon's local era beginning 112-111 BC) all within ivy wreath. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 167 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Civic Issue. AE 21mm. Struck Year 117 (8/9AD). Tetrastyle temple on high podium; single columns flanking / Veiled Europa riding bull left. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 171cf | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. ca 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD. Turreted bust of Tyche right / Galley left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 179 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. Turreted bust of Tyche right, star in crescent before / Galley left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 193 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE23, 80-87 AD. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / SIDWN QEAS IERAS KAI ASOULOU KAI NAUARCIDOS in six lines above and below galley left, stem terminating forward in volute, aphlaston at stern. BMC Phoenicia, 193. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 197 | Phoenica, Sidon AE22. 116-117 AD. Head of Tyche right / SIDWNOS, Cart of Astarte. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon_- | Phoenicia, Sidon. Baalshallim II. Circa 386-372 BC. AR Double Shekel (28.21 gm). Regnal year 15. War-galley to left over waves, Phoenician "B" above / King of Persia in chariot with driver, Egyptian attendant behind; date above. BMC -, Betlyon -. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon 5cf | Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'lsallim I or II, ca 420-410 BC or later. AR 1/64 Shekel (0.29 gm). Galley left over waves; Phoenician letter B above / Persian king, in crown, holding bow in outstretched left hand and spear or arrow (?) in right, resting on shoulder. BMC -. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon 9 | Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 shekel. ca 410-400 BC. Galley left before city wall / Persian king standing right, drawing bow, head of goat to right. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon 16 | Phoenicia, Sidon, Ba'lshallim II AR Dishekel. Galley left; Phoenician 'B' above / Chariot with driver and Persian king left, Egyptian attendant behind. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Betlyon 24 | Phoenicia, Sidon, 'Abd'ashtart I AR Sixteenth Shekel. ca 384-370 BC. War galley moving left over waves, dated II above / Phoenician letters (ayin bet) between legs of king ritually killing a lion, shallow incuse square. BMC 34v, SNG Cop 196. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon 25 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AR 1/8th shekel. Abd Astart I, c410-400 BC, War-galley to left / King of Persia slaying lion standing before him, O between them; all in incuse square. | Text | Image | |
| Betlyon 38 | Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 shekel. ca 342-332 BC. Galley left / Persian king standing right, about to slay erect lion whose mane he seizes; Phoenician letters between. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1293 | Phoenicia Sidon, 121-114 BC, AE 25 dichalkis. Turreted head of Tyche right (usually with EIP or EYI behind head) / Year above, SIDWNOS QEAS above, IERAS KAI AZULOU KAI NAU ARCIDOS beneath galley with rounded volute and aplustre on the poop deck. Rouvier 1293; Mionnet V, 277. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1345 | Phoenicia, Sidon, AE14, Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right, countermarked "X" for Legio X / Prow left, Phoenician script above and date below. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1392 | Time of Trajan, AE24, Sidon, Civic Issue. Turreted, draped bust of Tyche right / SIDONWN QEAS to left and right, Cart of Astarte on wheels, containing sacred baetyl, conceivably a meteorite, date below. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1414 | AE17 of Sidon, Phoenicia. 80-45 BC. 8.3gm. Jugate busts of Tyche, diademed and turreted and Zeus right / SIDWNOS QEAS, Galley rowing left, apluste on the deck, date LQM below (year 49). Rouvier 1414. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1436 | Sidon, Phoenicia. 44-117 AD. 6.96g; 20mm. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / Cista mystica, SIDONOS QEAS below, year LE KS above (year 225 of the local era), all within ivy wreath. Rouvier 1436. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 199 | Phoenicia, Sidon: AR 1/8 shekel. ca. 355-340 BC. Bearded deity about to slay lion / War galley left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 247 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Year 227 (116-117 AD). AE 24mm. Turreted & veiled bust of Tyche right; aphlaston behind, star before / SIDWNOS IERAS, car of Astarte, containing baetyl; date ZKS below. | Text | Image | |
| Triton II 498 | Sidon, AR double shekel, Baalshallim II | Text | Image | |
| eighth | Sidon, Phoencia, AR 1/8th shekel, (0.58g) Abdeshmun, c. 410-400 BC, War-galley to left. / King of Persia slaying lion standing before him, O between them; all in incuse square. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #5931 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AR Half Shekel. Abdeshmun, c. 410-400 BC. War-galley to left before battlemented city wall with four towers, two lions back to back in exergue / King of Persia slaying lion standing before him; all in incuse square. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Sear #5934 | Phoenicia, Sidon AR Tetrashekel. ca 375 BC. War-galley / bearded deity, right hand raised, in horse-drawn car, driven by charioteer, King of Sidon walking left behind. | |||
| Sear #5937 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AR Tetrashekel. King Strato I, 370-358 BC. War-galley / Bearded deity, right hand raised, in horse-drawn car, driven by charioteer, King of Sidon walking left behind. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Sear #5940 | Sidon, Phoencia, AR 1/8th shekel. Abdeshmun, c. 410-400 BC. War-galley to left / King of Persia slaying lion standing before him, O between them; all in incuse square. | |||
| Sear #5948 | Phoenicia, Sidon, AR 1/8 Shekel. Ca 355-340 BC. 9mm, .80 gm. Galley left / King slaying rearing lion. BMC 84. | |||
| Sear #5951 | Phoenica, Sidon AR Tetradrachm. Veiled & turreted head of Tyche right / SIDONOS THS IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left on club, date to right. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Sear #5956 | Persis, The Unknown King | |||
| Sear #5958 | Sidon, Phoencia, AE17. 174-150 BC. Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Horizontal rudder, Pheonician legend above and below, Belonging to the Sidonians. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #5962 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE25. Year 11 = 100/99 BC. Turretted and draped bust of Tyche right / LAI SIDONIWN, galley left, Phoenician letters below. BMC 123. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #5966 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE22. Circa 40 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / SIDONWN, Europa seated facing on bull charging left. BMC 144. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #5967 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE18. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, A before. / SIDWNOS, cista, thyrsos behind, all in wreath. BMC 150. | |||
| RPC 4106 | Augustus AE 23mm of an uncertain Syrian mint. AVGVST TR POT, laureate head right / LT CA, two lines within laurel wreath. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| RPC 4604 | Augustus, AE of Sidon, Phoenicia. 9.91 g. Laureate head left, crescent to left, all within wreath / SIDWN[OC IERAS] L [BR] beneath Europa with billowing veil, riding bull right. RPC 4604. BMC 205. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 4608 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus. AE 21mm. Year 117 (6/7 AD). Laureate head right / Car on two wheels, date in center field. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 4609 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus AE 8 Chalkoi of Phoenicia, Sidon. Bare head right; HX (denomination) behind / Veiled Europa riding left on bull. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 4612 | Caligula AE21 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Laureate head right, star before / SIDWNOS, Europa riding bull left, holding his horn. BMC 208. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 210 | Claudius AE24/25 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Laureate head of Claudius left / Europa seated on bull right holding a horn & her inflated veil. | Text | Image | |
| RPC 4618 | Nero AE 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate head left; lituus before / Veiled Europa riding right on bull. | Text | Image | |
| RPC_2055 | Vespasian AE16 of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 69-79. Dated CY 188 (AD 77/8). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; before, star within crescent / SIDWNWN QEAS Q, Galley left, HPR (date) above. RPC II 2055. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Copenhagen 253 | Hadrian AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. Struck 117/118 AD. AUTO TRAI KAI ADRIANW CE, laureate head right / SIDWN-OS QEAS, HKS in ex, cart of Astarte on two wheels, containing baetyl. BMC 226. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Copenhagen 254 | Hadrian AE 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Struck year 226 (117/118 AD)AUTO TRAI KAI ADRIAN.., laureate head right / Date ZKS above right, SIDWNOS QEAS beneath Europa, veiled, seated facing on bull, looking right, holding his horn with left hand, and her inflated veil with her right hand. BMC 225; SNG Copenhagen 254. | Text | Image | |
| AE23 | Caracalla AE23 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Yr 312 = 202 AD. Laureate bust right / Tyche? standing right. Not sure about this one! | Text | Image | |
| Bellinger 288 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AYT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / DHMARC EX UPATOCD, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull right. Prieur 1357. | Text | Image | |
| Bellinger 291 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AYT KAI M ANTWNINOC CE, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / DHMARC EX UPATOCD, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak, Cart of Astarte between legs. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Bellinger 293 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AYT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / DHMARC EX UPATOCD, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak; between legs, Astarte in carriage. Prieur 1362. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 233 | Elagabalus AE25 of Sidon, Phoenicia. IM C M A ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right A-P / SID CO / METRO, Europa on bull galloping right, veil billowing above. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 236 | Elagabalus AE 24mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Kadmos running left on prow. SNGCop 260. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 237v | Elagabalus AE24 of Sidon, Phoenicia. SID COL METRO above, AVR PIA in field, Kadmos advancing left, head right, on prow. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 243v | Elagabalus AE28 of Sidon, Phoenicia. IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, tetrastyle Temple of Astarte, who is standing facing holding sceptre & being crowned by Nike on column to right, Marsyas at foot left. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 255v | Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus AE 26. M AV ANTONINVS (...), laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL AVR PIA METRO, SID below, Car of Astarte on two wheels, four columns supporting roof, above which emerge four palm-branches, Baetyl on base within, inverted crescent above. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 263 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. AE 29mm. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, Dido, princess of Tyre, seated left in attitude of Pudicitia, hand raising veil from face. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 274cf | Elagabalus AE 30mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. IMP CAESAR M AV ANTONINV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / AVR PIA SIDON COL MET, AETER BFI in exergue, two-handled modius containing four grain ears. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 309cf | Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222 AD. AE 25. The ship Argo left, with steersman, the Dioscuri, rowers, shield & ladder; car of Astarte above. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1509 | Elagabalus AE30 of Phoenicia, Sidon. IMP CAESAR M AV ANTONINVS, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / AVG PIA SID COL METR, Priest plowing right with pair of oxen, standard above inscribed L III GAL in two lines. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1514 | Elagabalus AE28 of Phoenicia, Sidon. IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate bust right / COL AVR PIA METRO SID, prize-table, garlanded, with two price-urns, each decorated with palm, between them staff composed by cart of Astarte, Sidon set on palm tree; ; left below table five balls piled into a pyramid and a voting urn. IE PER ISE OECVM in exergue. | Text | Image | |
| SNG Cop 255 | Elagabalus AE30 of Phoenicia, Sidon. IMP CAESAR M AV ANTONINVS, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / AVR PIA SID COL MET, two-wheeled cult cart of Astarte right, with roof on four columns, two palms emerging from it; holy stone (baetyl) from Sidon within. | Text | Image | |
| AE19 | Annia Faustina AE 19mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. ANNIA FAVSTINA, Draped bust right / COL AVRO PA METRO SID around Asklepios standing left, leaning on serpent staff and holding wand. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1572 | Annia Faustina AE 28mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. ANNIA FAVSTINA, diademed, draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders / COL AVR-PIA METRO, cart of Astarte. Rouvier 1572: Babelon 1831. | Text | Image | |
| Rouvier 1572var | Annia Faustina AE 26mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. ANNIA FAVSTINA, diademed, draped bust right / COL AVR-PIA METRO, cart of Astarte. Rouvier 1572 var (crescent on obv.) | Text | Image | |
| BMC 300 | Julia Maesa AE20 of Sidon. IVL MAESA AVG, draped bust right / Car of Astarte containing sacred baetyl, perhaps a meteorite, below canopy. SNG Cop. 264. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 300 | Julia Maesa AE 30mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right / COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, car of Astarte with four branches protruding from roof. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 316cf | Severus Alexander AE24 of Sidon, Phoenicia. IMP M AVP SEVERVS ALEXANDER, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, Athena standing right about to hurl spear at a lion to right, cart of Astarte in upper right. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 268 | Severus Alexander 222-235 AD. AE of Sidon, Phoenicia. 6,74g. IMR (sic) CAE M A (...), laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / COL AVR PIA METRO / SID, Cult carriage of Astarte with Baitylos right. SNG Cop 268, BMC 318-319. | Text | Image | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Sidon | |||
| Entry for Phoenicia, Sidon on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||||
| Search for Sidon in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
| Search for Sidon at AncientImports.com | ||||
| Search for Sidon at Incitatus Coins | ||||
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