RPC VI, 8525 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8525 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Annia Faustina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ANNIA FAVSTINA AV
Obverse design draped bust of Annia Faustina, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
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
Axis 2, 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.71814
2 2     CNG EA 189, 11 June 2008, lot 122