Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 24.3 mm; weight: 9.71 grams. Obverse: Bust of Elagabalus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- (too worn to read). Reverse: Car of Astarte on two wheels, with 4 columns supporting roof; within, spherical object (baetyl); on either side of base two uncertain figures; inscription: COLAUR PIA [ ]; SID in exergue.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Sidon (ancient city), Phoenice (Roman province)
Production place:
Sidon (ancient city), Phoenice (Roman province)
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection date:
December 26, 1974
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Elagabalus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: COLAVR PIA [ ], Obverse legend: illegible, and Reverse exergue: SID