RPC VI, 8538


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	8538 (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, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	P COL AV ME SID
Edition	P(ia) Au(relia) me(tropolis) Sid(on)
Translation	the colony Pia Aurelia 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	5.53 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rouvier 1535
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 1944.100.71799	Rouvier 1535.1(?)	20	5.53	12	Rouvier Coll.	Show
2	2			Beirut-AUB	Rouvier 1535.2	20				Show