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
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
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