RPC VI, 8481 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8481 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C<a>es(ar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription A P SID CO METR
Edition Aurelia Pia Sidon colonia metropolis A(urelia) P(ia) Sid(on) co(lonia) metr(opolis)
Translation Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony, metropolis
Reverse design Europa seated on galloping bull, right, holding inflated veil over head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.29 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71740