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Image of specimen #1 |
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) |