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)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) 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-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
Average weight 10.94 g
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