RPC VI, 8413


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8413 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8413 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAESAR M A ANTONINVS AV
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Reverse design	three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetylon four supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 867		27.4	12.98		Chandon	Show
2	2	NY: 1948.19.2244		30	16.12	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
3	3 ✸		CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 181	30	18.19			Show