RPC VI, 8418 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8418 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM(P) C M AV ANTONINVS AVG P[?]
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus P[---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL AV PIA MET(R) SIDON IE PE OEC ISE
Edition col(onia) Au(relia) Pia metr(opolis) Sidon ie(ra) pe(riporphyra) oec(umenica) ise(lastica)
Translation the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis, the sacred, periporphyritic, universal, iselastic (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 29 mm
Average weight 17.19 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1553
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.126 BMC 279
2 2     L: 1851,0513.29 BMC 281
3 3     B: 1908/5.Morel
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71786 Rouvier 1553.1
5 5     CNG EA 217, 26 Aug. 2009, lot 315
6 6     Rouvier 1553.2 = Mi S. VIII, 278, 184
7 7     Rouvier 1553.3