Province Syria Phoenice
City Ptolemais 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Severus Alexander
Obverse inscription IMP CAE M AV SEV ALEXANDER AV
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTO[L?]
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 Historisches Museum, Bern (Switzerland)
Inventory no. N/82.2283
Reference SNG 2283 = Kadman, Ptolemais 187.2
Diameter 23
Weight 8.83
Axis 11
Note