RPC VI, 8224 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O