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Ancient Coinage of Phoenicia, Sidon


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AE14_LegioX_CMPhoenicia, Sidon, AE14 with Tenth Roman Legion Countermark "X". The coin struck at the mint of Sidon in Phoenicia, circa 1st century AD; the countermark 1-2 century AD. TextImage
BMC 2Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 8Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 14Phoenicia 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. TextObvRev
BMC 17Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
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BMC 17ffPhoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 25Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 26cfPhoenicia, Sidon. Time of King Bodashtart. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Half Shekel . War galley left, waves below / Bearded deity in horse-drawn cart left. TextImage
BMC 26ffPhoenicia, Sidon. Time of King Bodashtart. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Half Shekel . War galley left, waves below / Bearded deity in horse-drawn cart left. TextImage
BMC 34Phoenicia, Sidon. 372-358 BC. AR 1/16 Shekel (0.73 gm). Galley to left over waves / Persian king slaying lion; Phoenician AB between. TextImage
BMC 46Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. War galley left / King of Persia in cart left. TextObvRev
BMC 60Phoenicia, Sidon. 'Abd'ashtart I. 372-358 BC. Æ 13mm. Year 11 (361/360 BC). Galley to left; date above / Head of 'Abd'ashtart right. Betlyon 30. TextImage
BMC 67Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 82Sidon, Mazaios. AR Tetrashekel. TextImage
BMC 117Sidon. 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. TextImage
BMC 130Sidon, Phoenicia. AE21. Tyche/War-Galley TextImage
BMC 137Phoenicia, Sidon Æ 21mm. Year 34 (78-77 BC). Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled & turreted, & Zeus right / SIDWNOS QEAS, Phoenician galley sailing left; date L DL above, Phoenician inscription "of the Sidonians" below. SNG Cop 221, Lindgren 2324. TextImage
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BMC 143Phoenicia - Sidon. 58-57 B.C. AE 21 mm. Laureate head of Zeus r. Reverse: Europa riding bull l. TextImage
BMC 155Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
BMC 167Phoenicia, Sidon. Civic Issue. Æ 21mm. Struck Year 117 (8/9AD). Tetrastyle temple on high podium; single columns flanking / Veiled Europa riding bull left. TextImage
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BMC 171cfPhoenicia, Sidon AE15. ca 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD. Turreted bust of Tyche right / Galley left. TextObvRev
BMC 179Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. Turreted bust of Tyche right, star in crescent before / Galley left. TextObvRev
BMC 197Phoenica, Sidon AE22. 116-117 AD. Head of Tyche right / SIDWNOS, Cart of Astarte. TextImage
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 -. TextImage
Betlyon_05cfPhoenicia, 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 -. TextImage
Betlyon_09Phoenicia, 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. TextObvRev
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Betlyon_16Phoenicia, Sidon, Ba'lshallim II AR Dishekel. Galley left; Phoenician 'B' above / Chariot with driver and Persian king left, Egyptian attendant behind. TextImage
Betlyon_24Phoenicia, 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. TextImage
Betlyon_25Sidon, 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. TextObvRev
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Betlyon_38Phoenicia, 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. TextObvRev
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SNGCop 199Phoenicia, Sidon: AR 1/8 shekel. ca. 355-340 BC. Bearded deity about to slay lion / War galley left. TextImage
SNGCop 247Phoenicia, Sidon. Year 227 (116-117 AD). Æ 24mm. Turreted & veiled bust of Tyche right; aphlaston behind, star before / SIDWNOS IERAS, car of Astarte, containing baetyl; date ZKS below. TextImage
TritonII_498Sidon, AR double shekel, Baalshallim II TextImage
ae10Sidon AE10. Head of Tyche r. in turreted crown / Rudder l, Phoenician inscription 'Of Sidon, mother (i.e. metropolis, in the original sense of founding city) of Cambe, Hippo, Kitium and Tyre'. TextObvRev
ae25Time of Trajan, AE24, Sidon, Civic Issue. Turretted, draped bust of Tyche right / Cart of Astarte on wheels, containing sacred baetyl, conceivably a meteorite. TextImage
ae28Phoenicia Sidon, late 1st c. AD (Domitianic) AE 25. Obv: Tyche hd rt. Rev: Galley, above which date and SIDONOS THEAS; IERAS SIDON[...] below. TextImage
eighthSidon, 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. TextImage
Sear #5931Sidon, 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. TextObvRev
Sear #5934Phoenicia, 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.
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Sear #5937Sidon, 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. TextObvRev
Sear #5940Sidon, 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.
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Sear #5948Phoenicia, Sidon, AR 1/8 Shekel. Ca 355-340 BC. 9mm, .80 gm. Galley left / King slaying rearing lion. BMC 84.
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Sear #5951Phoenica, Sidon AR Tetradrachm. Veiled & turreted head of Tyche right / SIDONOS THS IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left on club, date to right. TextObvRev
Sear #5956Persis, The Unknown King
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Sear #5958Sidon, Phoencia, AE17. 174-150 BC. Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / Horizontal rudder, Pheonician legend above and below, Belonging to the Sidonians. TextImage
Sear #5962Sidon, Phoenicia, AE25. Year 11 = 100/99 BC. Turretted and draped bust of Tyche right / LAI SIDONIWN, galley left, Phoenician letters below. BMC 123. TextImage
Sear #5966Sidon, Phoenicia, AE22. Circa 40 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / SIDONWN, Europa seated facing on bull charging left. BMC 144. TextImage
Sear #5967Sidon, Phoenicia, Æ18. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, A before. / SIDWNOS, cista, thyrsos behind, all in wreath. BMC 150.
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Augustus
- RPC 4106

Augustus Æ 23mm of an uncertain Syrian mint. AVGVST TR POT, laureate head right / LT CA, two lines within laurel wreath.TextImage
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- RPC 4608

Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus. Æ 21mm. Year 117 (6/7 AD). Laureate head right / Car on two wheels, date in center field.TextImage

- RPC 4609

Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus Æ 8 Chalkoi of Phoenicia, Sidon. Bare head right; HX (denomination) behind / Veiled Europa riding left on bull.TextImage

Caligula
- RPC 4612

Caligula AE21 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Laureate head right, star before / SIDWNOS, Europa riding bull left, holding his horn. BMC 208.TextObvRev

Claudius
- BMC 210

Claudius AE24/25 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Laureate head of Claudius left / Europa seated on bull right holding a horn & her inflated veil.TextImage

Nero
- RPC 4618

Nero Æ 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate head left; lituus before / Veiled Europa riding right on bull.TextImage

Hadrian
- SNG Copenhagen 254

Hadrian Æ 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Struck year 226 (117/118 AD). Laureate head right / Europa riding bull right. BMC Phoenicia 225.TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 253

Hadrian Æ 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. Struck 117/118 AD. AUTO TRAI KAI ADRIANWCE, laureate head right / SIDWN-OS QEAS, HKS in ex, cart of Astarte. BMC 226.TextImage

Caracalla
- AE23

Caracalla AE23 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Yr 312 = 202 AD. Laureate bust right / Tyche? standing right. TextImage

- 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.TextImage

- 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.TextObvRev

- 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.TextImage

Elagabalus
- BMC 236

Elagabalus Æ 24mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Kadmos running left on prow. SNGCop 260.TextImage

- BMC 237v

Elagabalus AE24 of Sidon, Phoenicia. SID COL METRO above, AVR PIA in field, Kadmos advancing left, head right, on prow.TextObvRev

- 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.TextImage

- BMC 309cf

Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. Æ 25. The ship Argo left, with steersman, the Dioscuri, rowers, shield & ladder; car of Astarte above.TextImage

- BMC 255v

Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus Æ 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.TextImage
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- BMC 243v

Elagabalus Æ28 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 scepter & being crowned by Nike on column to right, Marsyas at foot left.TextObvRev

- AE28_chariot

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 Holy Chariot of Sidon set on palmtree; left below table five apples(?), right below vase & ladle.TextImage

- BMC 263

Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 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.TextImage

- BMC 274cf

Elagabalus Æ 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.TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 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. TextImage

- AE30_founder

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. NISC?TextImage

Julia Maesa
- 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.TextImage

- BMC 300

Julia Maesa Æ 30mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right / COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, car of Astarte with four branches protruding from roof.TextImage

Severus Alexander
- 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.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Sidon
Search for Phoenicia, Sidon at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Phoenicia, Sidon on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Sidon in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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