RPC VI, 8415 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8415 (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 rear
Reverse inscription AV PI SID COL METRO IE PΕR ISΕ OΕCVM
Edition Au(relia) Pi(a) Sid(on) col(onia) metro(polis) ie(ra) per(iporphyra) ise(lastica) oecum(enica)
Translation Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony, metropolis, the sacred, periporphyritic, iselastic, universal (games)
Reverse design two agonistic crowns on a draped table with one palm branch each; below, vase and five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1515–6
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1310 BMC 280
2 2     P: 382
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1944.100.52001
5 5     NY: 1944.100.52002
6 6     NY: 1944.100.71732 Rouvier 1515.2
7 7     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 678
8 8     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1050
9 9     Rouvier 1515.1
10 10     Rouvier 1516