| CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
| LegioX CM | Phoenicia, 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. | Text |  |
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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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| BMC 17.1 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Baalshallim II. Circa 386-372 BC. AR Four Shekels. War galley to left over waves, Phoenician "B" above / King of Persia in chariot with driver, Egyptian attendant behind.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| BMC 46 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. War galley left / King of Persia in cart left.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| BMC 82 | Sidon, Mazaios. AR Tetrashekel.
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| 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.
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| BMC 130 | Sidon, Phoenicia. AE21. Tyche/War-Galley
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| BMC 137 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE 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.
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| BMC 143 | Phoenicia, Sidon. 58-57 B.C. AE 21 mm. Laureate head of Zeus r. Reverse: Europa riding bull l.
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| BMC 171cf | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. ca 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD. Turreted bust of Tyche right / Galley left. | Text |   |
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| BMC 179 | Phoenicia, Sidon AE15. Turreted bust of Tyche right, star in crescent before / Galley left.
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| 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 |  |
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| BMC 197 | Phoenica, Sidon AE22. 116-117 AD. Head of Tyche right / SIDWNOS, Cart of Astarte.
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| 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 -.
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| 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 -.
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| 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.
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| Betlyon 16 | Phoenicia, Sidon, Ba'lshallim II AR Dishekel. Galley left; Phoenician 'B' above / Chariot with driver and Persian king left, Egyptian attendant behind.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 |   |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| SNGCop 199 | Phoenicia, Sidon: AR 1/8 shekel. ca. 355-340 BC. Bearded deity about to slay lion / War galley left.
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| 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.
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| TritonII 498 | Sidon, AR double shekel, Baalshallim II
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| Ae10 | Sidon AE10. Head of Tyche right in turreted crown / Rudder left, Phoenician inscription 'Of Sidon, mother (i.e. metropolis, in the original sense of founding city) of Cambe, Hippo, Kitium and Tyre'.
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| 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.
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| 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. |   |
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| 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. |   |
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| 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. |   |
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| 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. |  |
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| Sear #5948 | Phoenicia, 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 #5951 | Phoenica, Sidon AR Tetradrachm. Veiled & turreted head of Tyche right / SIDONOS THS IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left on club, date to right. |   |
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| Sear #5956 | Persis, The Unknown King |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| Sear #5966 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE22. Circa 40 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / SIDONWN, Europa seated facing on bull charging left. BMC 144. |  |
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| Sear #5967 | Sidon, Phoenicia, AE18. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, A before. / SIDWNOS, cista, thyrsos behind, all in wreath. BMC 150. |  |
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| BMC 197 | Time of Trajan, AE24, Sidon, Civic Issue. Turreted, draped bust of Tyche right / Cart of Astarte on wheels, containing sacred baetyl, conceivably a meteorite. | Text |  |
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| Ae28 | Phoenicia Sidon, late 1st c. AD (Flavian / Domitian) AE 25. Obv: Tyche hd rt. Rev: Galley, above which date and SIDONOS THEAS; IERAS SIDON[...] below.
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| AUGUSTUS |
| RPC 4106 | Augustus AE 23mm of an uncertain Syrian mint. AVGVST TR POT, laureate head right / LT CA, two lines within laurel wreath. | Text |  |
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| RPC 4608 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus. AE 21mm. Year 117 (6/7 AD). Laureate head right / Car on two wheels, date in center field. | Text |  |
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| RPC 4609 | Phoenicia, Sidon. Augustus AE 8 Chalkoi of Phoenicia, Sidon. Bare head right; HX (denomination) behind / Veiled Europa riding left on bull. | Text |  |
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| CALIGULA |
| RPC 4612 | Caligula AE21 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Laureate head right, star before / SIDWNOS, Europa riding bull left, holding horn. BMC 208. | Text |   |
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| 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. | Text |  |
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| NERO |
| RPC 4618 | Nero AE 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate head left; lituus before / Veiled Europa riding right on bull. | Text |  |
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| VESPASIAN |
| 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 |  |
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| HADRIAN |
| SNG Cop 253 | Hadrian AE 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. | Text |  |
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| SNG Cop 254 | Hadrian AE 23mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Struck year 226 (117/118 AD). Laureate head right / Europa riding bull right. BMC Phoenicia 225. | Text |  |
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| CARACALLA |
| AE23 | Caracalla AE23 of Sidon, Phoenicia. Yr 312 = 202 AD. Laureate bust right / Tyche? standing right. Not sure about this one! | Text |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |   |
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| 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 |  |
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| ELAGABALUS |
| 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 |  |
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| BMC 236 | Elagabalus AE 24mm of Phoenicia, Sidon. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Kadmos running left on prow. SNGCop 260. | Text |  |
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| BMC 237v | Elagabalus AE24 of Sidon, Phoenicia. SID COL METRO above, AVR PIA in field, Kadmos advancing left, head right, on prow. | Text |   |
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| 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 scepter & being crowned by Nike on column to right, Marsyas at foot left. | Text |   |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| BMC 309cf | Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. AE 25. The ship Argo left, with steersman, the Dioscuri, rowers, shield & ladder; car of Astarte above. | Text |  |
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| 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. | Text |  |
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| 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 Holy Chariot of Sidon set on palmtree; left below table five balls piled into a pyramid and a voting urn. IE PER ISE OECVM in exergue. | Text |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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. | Text |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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. | Text |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Sidon |
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| | Entry for Phoenicia, Sidon on the Digital Historia Numorum |
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| | Search for Sidon in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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| | Search for Sidon at AncientImports.com |
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| | Search for Sidon at Incitatus Coins |
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