RPC VI, 8498 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8498 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV(R) ANTONINVS AV(G)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR(O) SID
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on two supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1529–33
Specimens 36 (28 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B1790 Rouvier 1530
2 2     V: GR 33130
3 3     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 383
4 4     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 291
5 5     NY: 1953.171.1655
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 33135
8 8     B
9 9     NY: 1944.100.71769
10 10     P: B1793 Rouvier 1532
11 11     CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 298
12 12     NY: 1944.100.71763
13 13     P: B1791 Rouvier 1533
14 14     P: B1792 Rouvier 1531
15 15     V: GR 33132
16 16     V: GR 22209
17 17     B: F1873
18 18     O
19 19     V: GR 33131
20 20     V: GR 22210
21 21     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 383
22 22     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 290
23 23     B: 1865/28713
24 24     L: 1900,0707.112 BMC 254
25 25     L: 1908,0110.1314 BMC 256
26 26     NY: 1948.19.2245
27 27     Rouvier 1529
28 28     ✸ L: 1900,0707.113 BMC 255
29 29     V: GR 22211
30 30     V: GR 33130
31 31     P: 585
32 32     P: 873
33 33     P: 874
34 34     P: 380
35 35     C. Rhodes coll.
36 36     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 943