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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8224 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | VI |
| Number | 8224 (temporary) |
| Province | Syria Phoenice |
| Region | Phoenicia |
| City | Botrys |
| Reign | Elagabalus |
| Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
| Issue | ΒΝС = 252 |
| Dating | 221/222 |
| Obverse inscription | ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ |
| Edition | Καῖσαρ Ἀλέξανδρος |
| Translation | Caesar Alexander |
| Obverse design | bare head of Severus Alexander, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΒΟΤΡΥΗΝωΝ ΒΝϹ |
| Edition | Βοτρυηνῶν βνσʹ |
| Translation | of the Botryians, 252 |
| Reverse design | front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and globes; in the exergue, central stairway |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 25 mm |
| Average weight | 5.52 g |
| Axis | 6 |
| Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |