RPC VI, 8411


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8411 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8411 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription	AVR PIA SIDO COL MET(R)(O)
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	30 mm
Average weight	18.16 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1494–5, 1500
Specimens	6 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: B1786	Rouvier 1494.2	31	10.12			Show
2	2	B: L1906		30	19.73	6		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.71722	Rouvier 1495	30	19.70	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte) ; Rouvier Coll.	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.71721	Rouvier 1500	30	22.76	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte) ; Rouvier Coll.	Show
5	5 ✸	V: GR 22208		31				Show
6	6		Rouvier 1494.1	30	18.50			Show