RPC VI, 8375 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
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
Average weight 19.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1497
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

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