Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 4.31 g (28)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ Α(Υ)(Γ) (or ΑΥΓ or ΑΥΓ); laureate head of Severus Alexander, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ (or ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ); three military standards, topped by wreaths

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 3262

Diameter:  21

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Germe Region: Mysia Province: Asia (conventus of Cyzicus)

Denomination: Æ (41 mm); 40.41 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ; laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΟΝΤΙΛΙΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ; Heracles standing, right, placing knee on the Ceryneian hind's back, holding her by antlers; behind, club

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1372

Bibliography: G&M 160, Oct. 2007, 1896 

Diameter:  39 Weight: 39.52  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Ephesus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 4.75 g (26)

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

Reverse: ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ; galley, right, with aplustre on stern, standard on prow, with or without helmsman and four to seven rowers

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 3036

Bibliography: Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1172 

Diameter:  21 Weight: 4.64  

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Ephesus Region: Ionia Province: Asia (conventus of Ephesus)

Denomination: Æ (17 mm); 2.49 g (5)

Obverse: ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, Α; letter within laurel wreath

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 2164

Diameter:  17

Reign: Maximinus Persons: Maximinus (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 23.71 g (11)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Α Μ Κ Γ Β; temple with four columns, with arched roof, enclosing Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god Knydos swimming, left, looking back

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 2447

Diameter:  35

Reign: Maximinus Persons: Maximinus (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 24.86 g (18)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Α Μ Κ Γ Β; the three Graces standing facing with arms around each other, one head left, the others head right, each holding flower

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1790

Diameter:  37

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Uncertain mint of the Syrian Tetradrachms Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele

Denomination: Tetradrachm; 13.18 g (41)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery

Reverse: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β Δ Ε; eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; star between legs

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 223

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Antioch Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 19.59 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ ΚΟ Δ Ε S C; Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; below, river god Orontes swimming, left, looking back; to left, sometimes, crescent; above, ram leaping, left, looking back

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1517

Diameter:  33

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Antioch Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele

Denomination: Æ (17 mm); 3.52 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ; radiate and draped bust head of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: S C, ΚΑ; within circle and laurel wreath

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 2676

Diameter:  16

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Antioch Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 16.55 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑ(Ι) ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕ(Ο) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ; radiate head of Severus Alexander, right

Reverse: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤ(ΡΟ) ΚΟΛ(ΩΝ) Δ Ε S C, Η; Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; to left, Tyche standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; above, sometimes crescent; to right, the Emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of the City

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1759

Diameter:  33

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Gabala Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 7.36 g (32)

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

Reverse: ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ; Tyche standing facing head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1460

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Berytus Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 16.46 g (50)

Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: COL IVL AVG FEL BER; front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel surmounted by figure riding lion, right; inside, statue of Marsyas standing, right, holding wineskin over shoulder and raising hand

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1225

Diameter:  24

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Sidon Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 10.94 g (35)

Obverse: IMP C M AV(R) ANTONINVS AV(G); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: COL AVR PIA METR(O) SID; three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on two supports; on the roof, four palm branches

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1758

Diameter:  26

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Tyre Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 9.64 g (5)

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

Reverse: SE(P) TVR(I)O COLON; Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column, left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing, right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1222

Diameter:  28

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Ptolemais Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 5.36 g (3)

Obverse: IMP CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDER; laureate head of Severus Alexander, right

Reverse: COLO PTOLE; Elagabalus in military dress on horseback advancing, left, holding sceptre and saluting; before the horse's foreleg, caduceus

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1644

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Nysa-Scythopolis Region: Samaria Province: Syria Palaestina

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 12.76 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΥΑ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ; radiate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: ΝΥϹ(Α) ϹΚΥ ΑΠϹ; front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, the ceiling decorated with a shell-pattern, in front of which Tyche of the City standing facing, head right, placing foot on river god swimming, right, resting on long sceptre and holding cornucopia

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1592

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Neapolis Region: Samaria Province: Syria Palaestina

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 13.88 g (7)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ Π(ΟΛ) ϹΥΡ ΠΑΛ Ν; Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple complex connected to the colonnade at the slope by stairways; to right, roadway leading to altar

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 421

Diameter:  24

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Aelia Capitolina Region: Judaea Province: Syria Palaestina

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 10.81 g (4)

Obverse: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG; laureate head of Elagabalus, right

Reverse: COL AEL CAP COMM P F; front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle of pediment, within which Tyche standing facing turreted, head left, holding small bust and spear and placing foot on globe(?); in each aisle, Nike standing on globe and offering wreath to her

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1958

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Aelia Capitolina Region: Judaea Province: Syria Palaestina

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 11.59 g (6)

Obverse: IM C MA A(VR) ANTONIN(VS); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: COL AE(L) CA COM P F; she-wolf, right, looking back and feeding twins; sometimes, in the exergue, branch

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 3082

Diameter:  23

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Aelia Capitolina Region: Judaea Province: Syria Palaestina

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.65 g (4)

Obverse: IM C M A ANTONIN; laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion, seen from front

Reverse: COL AE C C P F AV A; Tyche standing facing turreted, head left, holding small bust and sceptre and placing foot on globe(?); behind, Nike on column crowning her with wreath; before, aquila; to left, jug; in the exergue, branch

Museum: Brisbane: Brisbane, Centre for Coins Culture and Religious History Inventory: 1478

Diameter:  23