RPC VI, 8449 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8449 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVL MAESA AVG
Edition Iul(ia) Maesa Aug(usta)
Translation Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Maesa, right, with raised drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on basis with supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.57 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Rouvier 1584
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1907,1102.15 BMC 300
2 2     P: B1838 Rouvier 1584.1
3 3     CNG EA 53, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 67 = CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 745
4 4     Rouvier 1584.2 = Mi V, 391, 359
5 5     Rouvier 1584.3