RPC VI, 8533


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8533 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8533 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	M AVR ALEXANDRVS (sic) CAES
Edition	M(arcus) Aur(elius) Alexand{rus}<er> Caes(ar)
Translation	Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
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	10.49 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1600
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: L1906		25	12.86	6		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.72483		26	12.03	12		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.72484		26	9.17	6	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.72485		25	6.35	12		Show
5	5		Rouvier 1600	27	12.05		Rouvier Coll.	Show