RPC VI, 8406 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8406 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM(P) C M AV ANTONINVS AV(G) (P)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METR(O) SID
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia Metro(polis) Sid(on)
Translation Colony of Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon
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 28 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 23 (14 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0707.111 BMC 253
2 2     P: 1793B
3 3     P: 1793A
4 4     B
5 5     B: L1906
6 6     B: I-B1900
7 7     B: L1906
8 8     ✸ NY: 1953.171.1657
9 9     NY: 1948.19.2246
10 10     NY: 1953.171.1654
11 11     NY: 1944.100.71762
12 12     NY: 1958.171.24
13 13     NY: 1953.171.1656
14 14     V: GR 33129
15 15     Leeds-UL: 380
16 16     Leeds-UL: 1313
17 17     Leeds-UL: 1315
18 18     Leeds-UL: 1314
19 19     CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 797
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2195
21 21     Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1697
22 22     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 856
23 23     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 785