RPC VI, 8463 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8463 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Paula (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVLIA PAVLA AVG
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Paula, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Reverse design three-quarter 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 29 mm
Axis 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 22221
2 2     CGT coll.