RPC VI, 8404 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8404 (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
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis
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 31 mm
Average weight 17.55 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1557corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0715.410 BMC 251
2 2     Beirut-AUB Rouvier 1557.2
3 3     Rouvier 1557.1