RPC VI, 8496


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Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8496 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) 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 METR(O) SID
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation	Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
Reverse design	three standards with aquilae
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	11.84 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1545
Specimens	9 (8 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1902,0206.230	BMC 271	25.4	12.10	12		Show
2	2	L: 1908,0110.1309	BMC 272	25.5	11.25	6		Show
3	3	L: 1902,0206.219	BMC 273	26	10.66	12		Show
4	4	P: 580		25.2	11.80		SdeR	Show
5	5	P: B1776	Rouvier 1545.1	27	12.13			Show
6	6	B: 1865/28713		25	10.14	12		Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.71768	Rouvier 1545.2(?)	25	11.21	12	Rouvier Coll.	Show
8	8	NY: 1944.100.71769	Rouvier 1545.3(?)	26	13.09	12	Rouvier Coll.	Show
9	9		Lindgren I, 2333		14.20			Show