RPC VI, 8383


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8383 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8383 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAESAR M A ANTONINVS AV
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA MET(RO) SIDON
Reverse design	baetyl with wings on garlanded altar; to left and right, sphinx
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.71760		29	14.48	12		Show
2	2 ✸		Lewis coll., via wildwinds	28				Show
3	3		LIndgren III, 1446a	28	12.23		rev. is said to read COL A [ ] METRO SID	Show