RPC VI, 8475 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8475 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CES (sic) M AV ANTONINVS
Edition Imp(erator) C<a>es(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription SID COL MET(R) AVR PIA
Edition Sid(on) col(onia) metr(opolis) Aur(elia) Pia
Translation the colony and metropolis, Sidon Aurelia Pia
Reverse design Cadmus standing, left, looking back, placing foot on galley prow, left, holding sword and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.19 g
Axis 1, 6, 10, 12
Reference Rouvier 1506
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: F1088
2 2     P: 1815B
3 3     P: B1815 Rouvier 1506.2
4 4     P: B1855 Rouvier 1617.2 (as Severus Alexander)
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     B: I-B1900
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71747
8 8     NY: 1944.100.71738
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 677
11 11     CNG EA 257, 8 June 2011, lot 297
12 12     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 382
13 13     Rouvier 1506.1