RPC VI, 8428


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8428 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8428 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AV ANTONINVS AVG P
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design	laureate, draped an cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METR SIDON AETERN BEN
Reverse design	two-handled modius containing corn ears
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	16.30 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 1554
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1900,0707.115	BMC 278	29.5	16.90	12	Show
2	2	P: B1799	Rouvier 1554	26	16.09		Show
3	3	B: I-B1900		29	17.40	12	Show
4	4		M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 319	27	14.81		Show