RPC VI, 8459 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8459 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Paula (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA PAVLA AVG
Edition Iulia Paula Augusta Iulia Paula Aug(usta)
Translation Julia Paula Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Paula, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SID
Edition colonia Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metr(opolis) Sid(on)
Translation colony of Aurelia Pia metropolis Sidon
Reverse design side view of two-wheel car of Astarte, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl; on either side, priest(?); on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.30 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.71802
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71801
3 3     Kölner Münzkabinett 108, 7 April 2018, lot 410