RPC VI, 8405 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8405 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM C M AV(R) ANTONINVS AVG (P)
Edition Im(perator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR(O) 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; on either side, priest(?) standing, holding torch; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.29 g
Axis 4, 6, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1548–9
Specimens 19 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1315 BMC 247
2 2     L: G.5120 BMC 248
3 3     L: G.5121 BMC 249
4 4     P: 1788A
5 5     P: 868
6 6     P: B1784 Rouvier 1548.1
7 7     P: B1789 Rouvier 1548.2
8 8     NY: 1944.100.71781
9 9     NY: 1992.54.1182
10 10     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71716
11 11     NY: 1958.171.23
12 12     NY: 1953.171.1658
13 13     NY: 1948.19.2247
14 14     O
15 15     V: GR 33534
16 16     CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 269
17 17     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 784 = Hirsch 249, 7 Feb. 2007, lot 2066
18 18     Rouvier 1549
19 19     Boston: 68.783