RPC VI, 8456 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8456 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Paula (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA PAVLA AVG
Edition Iulia Paula Aug(usta)
Translation Julia Paula Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Paula, right
Reverse inscription AVR PIA C METRO SIDO
Edition Aur(elia) Pia c(olonia) metro(polis) Sido(n)
Translation Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony and metropolis
Reverse design car of Astarte between crescent and star, within circle of the Zodiac
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.57 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rouvier 1571
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: R1896
2 2     P: B1828 Rouvier 1570.1
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     ✸ B: I-B1900
5 5     NY: 1944.100.71806
6 6     NY: 1944.100.71805
7 7     CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 473
8 8     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1433
9 9     CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 718 = Roma Numismatics XIII, 23 Mar. 2017, lot 525
10 10     Rouvier 1571.2 = Mi V, 388, 350
11 11     Rouvier 1571.3