RPC VI, 8469 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8469 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera over tripod and resting on serpent-staff; to left, small car of Astarte
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 1538
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: B1819 Rouvier 1538.1
2 2     Cop Rouvier 1538.5
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71776
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71775 Rouvier 1538.2(?)
5 5     Lindgren III, 1444
6 6     Rouvier 1538.3
7 7     Rouvier 1538.4 = MG 445, 37