RPC VI, 8412 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8412 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR M AV ANTONINVS (AVG)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription AVR PIA SID(O) COL MET(RO)(P?)
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 31 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1496, 1498
Specimens 17 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,1007.38 BMC 245
2 2     P: B1787 Rouvier 1496
3 3     P: B1785 Rouvier 1498
4 4     B: F1873
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     B: 1873.Gansauge
7 7     NY: 1944.100.71730
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71715
9 9     NY: 1958.171.22
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     V: GR 33535
13 13     V: GR 29193
14 14     V: GR 37659
15 15     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 276
16 16     Boston: 63.1414
17 17     CNG 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 259