Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.91 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: Beirut-AUB: American University, Beirut (Lebanon) Inventory: C764

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 15 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.21   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.91 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Bibliography: CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 404 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 8.52   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.91 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Bibliography: Rouvier 632.2 

Diameter:  24

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.91 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Bibliography: Rouvier 632.3 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 8.5  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 9.02 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 338

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 18 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 10.12   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 9.02 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 933

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 19 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 8.37   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 9.02 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: Beirut: National Museum, Beirut (Lebanon) Inventory: 59535

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 17 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 8.57   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 934

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 21 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 10.89   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.70783

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 20 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 8.54   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 11.72   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: Beirut-AUB: American University, Beirut (Lebanon) Inventory: C763

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 22 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 7.31   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) Inventory: 62.419

Diameter:  24 Weight: 5.78   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.89 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and two(?) globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Bibliography: CGT coll. = Agora auction 35, 23 June 2015, lot 196 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 9.07   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 10.62 g (2)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; bunch of grapes within vine wreath

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 10.44   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 10.62 g (2)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; bunch of grapes within vine wreath

Bibliography: CNG Mail Bid Sale 57, 886 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 10.79  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.48 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1908,0110.1159

Bibliography: BMC 2 = Sawaya, Botrys 27 

Diameter:  24.5 Weight: 9.01   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.48 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: Y28467

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 28 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 9.91   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.48 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.70787

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 25 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 9.82   Axis: 7 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.48 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.70786

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 26 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.33   Axis: 7 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar)

City: Botrys Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.48 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and four globes; in the exergue, central stairway

Museum: Beirut-BdL: Banque du Liban, Beirut Inventory: 263

Bibliography: Sawaya, Botrys 24 

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.9