RPC VI, 8491 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8491 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR SID
Reverse design galley, left, with eight rowers; on stern, aplustre; above, car of Astarte
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1543corr.
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B1778 Rouvier 1543.1
2 2     B: 1921/255
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71771 Rouvier 1543.3
4 4     Rouvier 1543.2 = Mi V, 386, 339
5 5     ✸ B: L1906
6 6     Bern: N/82.2300 SNG 2300
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.