RPC VI, 8533


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8533 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	8533 (temporary)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Phoenicia
City	Sidon
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	M AVR ALEXANDRVS (sic) CAES
Obverse design	bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
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	6, 12
Reference	Rouvier 1600
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: L1906		25	12.86	6		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.72483		26	12.03	12		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.72484		26	9.17	6	Obv.: GIC 396i (car of Astarte)	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.72485		25	6.35	12		Show
5	5		Rouvier 1600	27	12.05		Rouvier Coll.	Show