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A bronze coin of Elagabalus from Sidon showing the cart of Astarte with a baetyl. Coin Type: Bronze AE26 of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE.
Mint and Date: Sidon in Phoenicia, 218-222 CE
Size and Weight: 24mm x 26mm, 12.12g.
Obverse: IMP C M A(VR ANTO)NINVS AVG
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: COL AVR (PIA MET)RO SID
Shrine of Astarte on two wheels; within, a round baetyl above two pyramidal supports between four columns; four palm branches on roof.
Provenance: Den of Antiquity Int Ltd (Vcoins), March 2010.
Ref: BMC Phoenicia pg.186, 251; SNG Copenhagen 256 var. (frontal bust); AUB pg. 204, 261; L&K 2338.
BW Ref: 049 048 155
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