RPC VI, 8528 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8528 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Annia Faustina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ANNIA FAVSTINA AV
Edition Annia Faustina Au(gusta)
Translation Annia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Annia Faustina, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID, CERT SAC PER OECVME SOELA (sic)
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia metro(polis) Sid(on) cert(amina) sac(ra) per(iporphyra) oecume(nica) <i>soela(stica)
Translation the colony Aurelia Pia Sidon, metropolis, the sacred, periporphyritic, universal, iselastic games
Reverse design within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1579
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0327.41 BMC 294
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71820
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71821
5 5     Rouvier 1579.1
6 6     Rouvier 1579.2 = Mi V, 389, 355
7 7     Rouvier 1579.3
8 8     Berk 60, 1990, lot 470 (Coelia (sic))