RPC VI, 8403 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8403 (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 front
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 three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on basis and two supports; on the roof, two or four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.63 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 869
2 2     ✸ B: I-B1900
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71789
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     V: GR 33154
7 7     V: GR 22207