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ID:
79000677
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
SYRIA, PHOENICIA
City:
Sidon
Issuer:
Annia Faustina
Date Ruled:
A.D. 221
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE26
Date Struck:
AD Augusta,
Diameter:
26 mm
Weight:
10.21 g
Die Axis:
12 h
Obverse Legend:
ANNIA FAVSTINA
Obverse Description:
Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Reverse Legend:
COL AVR PIA METRO
Reverse Description:
Car of Astarte: cult xoanon, flanked on either side by small figure, within ornate tetrastyle canopy, set on two-wheeled base; four palms emerging from roof of structure
Primary Reference:
Rouvier 276
Reference2:
cf. AUB 279 (Julia Paula)
Reference3:
SNG Cop -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127188
Grade:
VF, red and green patina.
Notes:
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 677 From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex M&M Numismatics I (7 December 1997), lot 273.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
