Description: Phoenicia, Sidon, Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). Dated CY 110 (2/1 BC). Laureate head right / ΣIΔΩNOΣ; Distyle aedicula set on two wheels, date (LIP) within.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 5.62 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RPC 4608

Commentary: very rare; dark olive-green patina

History: According to the Bible Sidon derived its origin and name from Sidon, the firstborn son of Canaan (4th son of Ham).

Article Number: 014-07-08-44287