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 exergue: SID, Obverse legend: illegible, and Reverse legend: COLAVR PIA [ ]
- 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:
- linear 24.3 millimeters and weight 9.71 grams
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