Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8121
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008121
Alternate number:
62 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
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
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
218-222 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 9.71 grams and linear 24.3 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8121, described as 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.

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