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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8396 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8396 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Sidon |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAESAR M A ANTONINVS AV |
Edition | Imp(erator) Caesar M(arcus) A(urelius) Antoninus Au(gustus) |
Translation | Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | COL AVR PIA METRO SID, CORT IV (?) |
Edition | col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metro(polis) Sid(on) CORT IV |
Translation | the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis, 4th cohort(?) |
Reverse design | male figure standing facing, head right, holding branch and placing hand over small inscribed stele; at his feet, to right, tripod around which serpent is coiled |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 32 mm |
Average weight | 14.86 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | The branch and tripod suggest Apollo |