RPC VI, 8409 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8409 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM C M AV ANTONINVS AVG PIV
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription AVR PIA SID COL METRO
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1902,0206.226 BMC 244
2 2     P: 866
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 193, 6 Aug. 2008, lot 164
4 4     Elsen 119, 7 Dec. 2013, lot 507
5 5     Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 907