RPC VI, 8376 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8376 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription AV PI SIDON COL METR (retrograde) IER PERIPOR ISELASTI
Edition Au(relia) Pi(a) Sidon col(onia) metr(opolis) ier(a) peripor(phyra) iselasti(ca)
Translation Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony, metropolis, the sacred, periporphyritic, iselastic (games)
Reverse design two agonistic crowns on a draped table with one palm branch each; below, vase and five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.01 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Peripor = περιπόρφυρος (see introduction)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1908/5.Morel
2 2     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 318