URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8514
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Volume
VI
Number
8514 (temporary)
Province
Syria Phoenice
Region
Phoenicia
City
Sidon
Reign
Elagabalus
Person (obv.)
Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Obverse inscription
IVLIA SEMIA (sic) AVGV
Edition
Iulia S<oa>emia(s) Augu(sta)
Translation
Julia Soaemias Augusta
Obverse design
diademed and draped bust of Julia Soaemias, 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 two supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
26 mm
Average weight
11.46 g
Axis
6, 12
Reference
Rouvier 1582
Specimens
10 (5 in the core collections)