Bronze Coin (Mint: Sidon)
- Title:
- Bronze Coin (Mint: Sidon)
- Collection:
- Cornell Coin Collection
- Date:
- 218-222 CE
- ID Number:
- CNC_0775
- Negative Number:
- 775
- File Name:
- CNC_0775.tif
- Mint:
- Sidon
- Obverse:
- Bust of Elagabulus R., Laureate, wearing Paludamentum and cuirass
Inscription obliterated
slightly off the flan - Reverse:
- male figure (Kadmos) wearing cloak fastened round neck, sword in sheath, on prow, running L., looking back
with extended R. he points forward, w/ L. holds clock
Inscrip: [COLAVPM], to R. [M} ET SIDON to L. - Style/Period:
- Imperial (Roman)
- Work Type:
- coins (money)
money - Materials/Techniques:
- bronze (metal)
- Subject:
- Coins, Ancient
- Measurement:
- 23 mm (millimeters, diameter)
8.12 g (grams, weight) - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Coins Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes
metadata may not be complete in all cases. - Bibliography:
- BMC Phoenicia, vol. 26, p. 183, #238, Pl. XXIV.2.
Date from Zander H. Klawans, READING AND DATING ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, p. 76 - Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Coins Collection (in part Greek and Roman Coin Collection, #8464, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying coins, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2011 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.