RPC VI, 8386 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8386 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM C M AV ANTONINVS AVG P
Edition Im(perator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
Reverse design city gate(?) with central bay between two towers, within which Marsyas standing, left, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand, between two Nikai(?), each standing on column, holding wreath; upper level decorated with statues; in the middle, Europa seated on galloping bull, right, holding inflated veil over head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.06 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1550
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1967,1110.11
2 2     P: 6097
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71783 Rouvier 1550.1
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71782 Rouvier 1550.2(?)
5 5     CNG EA 523, 7 Sept. 2022, lot 350