RPC VI, 8412


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8412 json ttl rdf xml
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)
Edition	Imp(erator) Caesar M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
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
Average weight	17.94 g
Axis	1, 6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1496, 1498
Specimens	17 (14 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1893,1007.38	BMC 245	30.5	21.31	1		Show
2	2	P: B1787	Rouvier 1496	30	22.04			Show
3	3	P: B1785	Rouvier 1498	30	19.56			Show
4	4	B: F1873		30	17.90	12		Show
5	5	B: L1906		31	16.38	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
6	6	B: 1873.Gansauge		30	2.49	12		Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.71730		32	19.89	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
8	8 ✸	NY: 1944.100.71715		30	18.41	6		Show
9	9	NY: 1958.171.22		31	16.30	6	Obv.: GIC 205 (Tyche, turreted head r.)	Show
10	10	O		30	21.27	12	Obv.: GIC 396ii (grid pattern' (from degraded punches))	Show
11	11	O		30	19.66	12		Show
12	12	V: GR 33535		31	18.22	12		Show
13	13	V: GR 29193		31	18.16	6		Show
14	14	V: GR 37659		31	17.84	12	Obv.: GIC 396ii (grid pattern' (from degraded punches))	Show
15	15		M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 276	31	19.89			Show
16	16	Boston: 63.1414		30.5	19.68	6		Show
17	17		CNG 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 259	30	15.91		Obv.: GIC 396ii (grid pattern' (from degraded punches))	Show