RPC VI, 8500


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8500 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8500 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AV ANTONINVS AV
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Au(gustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	AVR PIA SID COL METROP AETE BPF (sic?)
Edition	Aur(elia) Pia Sid(on) col(onia) metrop(olis) aete(rnum) b{e}(ene)f(icium)
Translation	Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony, metropolis, everlasting favour
Reverse design	two-handled modius containing corn ears
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.79 g
Axis	5, 6
Reference	Rouvier 1547
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 377		25.2	11.52		Vogüé	Show
2	2	P: B1800	Rouvier 1547.1	27	10.12			Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.71773		26	10.08	5		Show
4	4		CNG EA 257, 8 June 2011, lot 298	26	11.45	6		Show
5	5		Rouvier 1547.2 = Mi V, 386, 335					Show