RPC VI, 8375 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8375 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COLONIA AVR PIA SIDON METRO
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl inside square case on four supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1497
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1783 Rouvier 1497
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71731