RPC VI, 8542


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8542 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1900,0707.114	BMC 257	20	6.58	12		Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1944.100.71798		19	6.23	12		Show
3	3	V: GR 33133		19	6.62	1		Show
4	4		Rouvier 1502	20			Rouvier Coll.	Show