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Image of specimen #12 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8225 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8225 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Caesarea ad Libanum |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
Obverse inscription | AVR ALEΞANΔROS CAΙSAR (sic) |
Edition | Aur(elius) Aleξanδros Caisar |
Translation | Aurelius Alexander Caesar |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | COL CAESARIA ITVR |
Edition | col(onia) Caesaria Itur(aeorum) |
Translation | the colony Caesarea of the Ituraei |
Reverse design | front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by military figure standing, left; on either side, female figure within niche, each having stairway, the one on the left raising hands |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 8.40 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | BMC 9–10 |
Specimens | 15 (9 in the core collections) |