Province Syria Phoenice
City Ptolemais 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Elagabalus
Obverse inscription IMP CA M AV ANTONIN[...?]
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion and aegis, holding spear on his shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL(ONI) PTO
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her; in the exergue, uncertain object (harpa?)

 

Museum Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig (Germany)
Inventory no.
Reference Kadman, Ptolemais 144
Diameter 25
Weight 6.75
Axis 12
Note