RPC VI, 8523 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Annia Faustina, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

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     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 677
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