RPC VI, 8410 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8410 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV ANTONINVS (?)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed(?) bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription AVR PIA SID C METRO
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl; on the roof, two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.53 g
Reference Rouvier 1499
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1788 Rouvier 1499