RPC VI, 8385 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8385 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR M A ANTONINV
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SIDON
Reverse design car of Astarte between crescent and star, within circle of the Zodiac
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1527, 1561
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     VCoins (Athena numismatics) 2021
4 4     Rouvier 1527.1
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71759
6 6     B: 1865/28715
7 7     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1153
8 8     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 131
9 9     L: 1900,0707.123 BMC 260
10 10     P: B1803 Rouvier 1561
11 11     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 384
12 12     Rouvier 1527.2
13 13     CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 419
14 14     Lindgren III, 1445
15 15     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2671 = CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 568
16 16     Roma Numismatics XXIX, 9 Nov. 2023, lot 287 = Roma Numismatics XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 532