RPC VI, 8254 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8254 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ ΓΛΦ
Edition Ὀρθωσέων γλφʹ
Translation of the Orthosians, 533
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle within pediment, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by small Nike standing on column, left; at her feet, river god swimming, right; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.50 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 883
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1501
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     Mu
4 4     NY: 1944.100.71181
5 5     NY: 1992.54.876
6 6     NY: 1944.100.7483
7 7     ✸ Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 219
8 8     Rouvier 883.1
9 9     Rouvier 883.2 = Mi V, 366, 190