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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8214 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8214 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Botrys |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Issue | ΝС = 250 |
Dating | 219/220 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΝϹ |
Edition | Βοτρυηνῶν νσʹ |
Translation | of the Botryenes, 250 |
Reverse design | front view of temple with eight 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 |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 14.84 g |
Axis | 5, 10 |
Reference | Sawaya, Botrys 8–9 (under year 251) |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |