RPC VI, 8469


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Coin type
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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
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation	Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
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
Average weight	8.63 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1538
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: B1819	Rouvier 1538.1	25	9.82			Show
2	2	Cop	Rouvier 1538.5					Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.71776		25	7.69	11	Obv.: GIC 205 (Tyche, turreted head r.)	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.71775	Rouvier 1538.2(?)	26	8.97	12	Rouvier Coll.	Show
5	5		Lindgren III, 1444	26	8.04			Show
6	6		Rouvier 1538.3					Show
7	7		Rouvier 1538.4 = MG 445, 37					Show