RPC VI, 8542 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8542 (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 MET AVR PIA SID COL
Edition Met(ropolis) Aug(usta) Pia Sid(on) col(onia)
Translation colony of Augusta Pia metropolis Sidon
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl; on the roof, two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.48 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 1502
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.114 BMC 257
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71798
3 3     V: GR 33133
4 4     Rouvier 1502