RPC VI, 8537


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8537 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	8537 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C M AV ANTONINVS [?]
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus [---]
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery(?)
Reverse inscription	COL PIA MET SID
Edition	col(onia) Pia met(ropolis) Sid(on)
Translation	the colony Pia Sidon, metropolis
Reverse design	Europa seated on galloping bull, right, holding inflated veil over head
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	6.15 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 1487
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: B1813	Rouvier 1487	21	5.83		L2814	Show
2	2	P: B1858	Rouvier 1616 (as Severus Alexander)	20	5.45			Show
3	3		Nomos obolos 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 554	20.1	7.16	12		Show