RPC VI, 8508


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8508 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription	IVL MAESA AVG
Edition	Iul(ia) Maesa Aug(usta)
Translation	Julia Maesa Augusta
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription	COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Edition	col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation	the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis
Reverse design	three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on basis with supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.88 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 1586–7
Specimens	8 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 1817		25	9.13			Show
2	2	P: B1839	Rouvier 1586.2	25	12.43			Show
3	3	P: B1840	Rouvier 1587	25	9.85		Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte) ; F_1893	Show
4	4 ✸	NY		26	9.87			Show
5	5	O		26	13.99	12	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
6	6	V: GR 33141		26	11.02			Show
7	7		Rouvier 1586.1	26	9.85		Rouvier Coll.	Show
8	8		Rouvier 1586.3 = Mi V, 391, 360					Show