RPC VI, 8523 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8523 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Annia Faustina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ANNIA FAVSTINA AVG
Edition Annia Faustina Aug(ustus)
Translation Annia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Annia Faustina, 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 27 mm
Average weight 10.37 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1998,1014.5
2 2     P: 28599.14
3 3     B: 1904/924
4 4     NY: 1975.225.9
5 5     NY: 1944.100.71815
6 6     A-KIKPE CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 677 = SNG II, 870
7 7     ✸ Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 304, 19 Mar. 2018, lot 1264
8 8     Lanz 100, 20 Nov. 2000, lot 155 = Peus 435, 31 Oct. 2023, lot 191
9 9     Numismatik Naumann 137, 4 Feb. 2024, lot 483
10 10     CNG EA 571, 25 Sept. 2024, lot 482