Province Syria Phoenice
City Orthosia 
Region Phoenicia
Reign Elagabalus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹ(ΑΡ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle within pediment, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by small Nike standing on column, left; at her feet, river god swimming, right; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways

 

Museum Historisches Museum, Bern (Switzerland)
Inventory no. N/82.2276
Reference SNG 2276corr.
Diameter 24
Weight 8.20
Axis 6
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