RPC VI, 8388


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8388 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8388 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IM C M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	Im(perator) C(aesar) 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 front
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METR SIDON
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metr(opolis) Sidon
Translation	the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis
Reverse design	Dido(?) seated on throne, left, holding ears of corn(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	16.46 g
Axis	11, 12
Specimens	5 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1900,0707.122	BMC 263	30	20.81	12	Show
2	2	L: 1908,0110.1318	BMC 265	28.5	16.12	12	Show
3	3 ✸	B: L1906		29	16.85	12	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.71746		29	17.23	11	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.71766		27	11.27	12	Show