RPC VI, 8225 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL CAESARΙA IΤVR
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
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 9–10
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0921.441 BMC 10
2 2     Lindgren I, 2288
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1163 BMC 9
4 4     P: 1968.144
5 5     V: GR 22147
6 6     M&M Deutschland 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 836
7 7     NY: 1992.54.821
8 8     P: 1968.145
9 9     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 352
10 10     P: Y28455.49
11 11     WW (ary 04, 2007)
12 12     ✸ B: 1865/28715
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     P: 851