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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8461 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8461 (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 | COL AVR PIA METR SID(O) |
Edition | col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metr(opolis) Sido(n) |
Translation | colony of Aurelia Pia metropolis Sidon |
Reverse design | three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl inside squared case on basis; on the roof, four palm branches |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 31 mm |
Average weight | 15.24 g |
Reference | Rouvier 1566–7 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |