RPC VI, 8411 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8411 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing decorated cuirass, seen from front
Reverse inscription AVR PIA SIDO COL MET(R)(O)
Edition Aur(elia) Pia Sido(n) col(onia) metro(polis)
Translation Aurelia Pia Sidon, colony, metropolis
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 30 mm
Average weight 18.16 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 1494–5, 1500
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B1786 Rouvier 1494.2
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     NY: 1944.100.71722 Rouvier 1495
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71721 Rouvier 1500
5 5     ✸ V: GR 22208
6 6     Rouvier 1494.1