Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 104 (09/10/2000), 773 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 15.44  

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

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

Bibliography: de Luynes III, 3159, pl. CXIV, wronlgy illustrated as '3160' 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 13.45   Axis: 11 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

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

Bibliography: Bab 1387, both sides with signs of heavy tooling 

Diameter:  29 Weight: 17.05   Axis: 11 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: coll. Chandon de Briailles 921

Diameter:  26 Weight: 12.14   Axis: 12 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: coll. Chandon de Briailles 922

Diameter:  30 Weight: 14.63   Axis: 12 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: (Löbb)

Diameter:  27 Weight: 12.46   Axis: 12 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: ex coll. Morel, acquired 1908/5

Diameter:  28 Weight: 13.61   Axis: 12 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 22134

Diameter:  28 Weight: 15.7   Axis: 11 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 13.57 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

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

Diameter:  28 Weight: 15.04   Axis: 12 

Reign: Uncertain Persons: Crispina (Augusta)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ; 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: (obv. legend not recorded); draped bust of Crispina, right

Reverse: ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ; aedicula; inside: statue of turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, right, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Nike standing on column, left, crowning Tyche

Bibliography: Mi V, 353, no. 121 

Diameter:  29

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 16.81 g (2)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of arch with six columns(?), topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: L1906

Diameter:  28 Weight: 16.9   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 16.81 g (2)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of arch with six columns(?), topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 22141

Diameter:  31

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 16.81 g (2)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of arch with six columns(?), topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: Beirut-AUB: American University, Beirut (Lebanon) Inventory: C807

Bibliography: 57 = Rouvier 710.2(?) 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 16.71   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1859,1219.251

Bibliography: BMC 48 

Diameter:  33 Weight: 21.24   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1900,0707.98

Bibliography: BMC 49 

Diameter:  32 Weight: 16.66   Axis: 6 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.70904

Diameter:  30 Weight: 19.67   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Bibliography: CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1143 

Diameter:  29 Weight: 18.12   Axis: 12 

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Bibliography: CNG EA 111, 111 

Diameter:  27 Weight: 23.28  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Bibliography: Heritage World Coin Auctio Long Beach Signature Sale 3035, 3 Sept. 2014, lot 32142 

Diameter:  33 Weight: 12.72  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Byblus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 18.71 g (7)

Obverse: IMP CAIS MAR ANTONINVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΒΥΒΛΟΥ ΙΕΡΑϹ; front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

Bibliography: Rouvier 709 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 19.3