RPC VI, 8218 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8218 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Botrys
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Issue ΑΝС = 251
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΟΕΜΙΑϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἰουλία Σοεμίας Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Julia Soaemias Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
Reverse inscription ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΝϹΑ
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(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.42 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sawaya, Botrys 10–1 corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L3132 Sawaya, Botrys 11 = Rouvier 625
2 2     Beirut: 59536 Sawaya, Botrys 10
3 3     Harvard: 1982.100.61
4 4     ✸ Leeds-UL: 379
5 5    
6 6     Rouvier 626 = Mi V, 352