RPC VI, 30904 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30904 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Obverse inscription [IV]LIA SAEMIAS AVGV
Edition Iulia S<o>aemias Augu(sta)
Translation Julia Soaemias Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA [ SI]D EM CO[ ]
Edition col(onia) Aur(elia) Pia [---] Sid(on) EM CO[---]
Translation the colony Aurelia Pia [---] Sidon, EM(?) CO[---]
Reverse design Demeter(?) standing, right, holding long torch entwined by serpent and ears of corn, and female figure (Kore?) standing, left, holding short sceptre and raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.91 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The normal reverse legend would be COL AVR PIA METR SIDON, but this coin clearly has something different. CORT appears on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51686, but perhaps is not relevant here. Could CO[ possibly stand for CORE (ΚΟΡΗ)? EM could be a retrograde ME. See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51748 (same reverse, Severus Alexander Caesar)
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