RPC VI, 8255 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8255 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Orthosia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹ(ΑΡ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καῖσαρ Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Aurelius Caesar Alexander
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 8.08 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: L1906
2 2     Bern: N/82.2276 SNG 2276corr.
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     ✸ Holyland EA 17, Oct. 2021, lot 324, via wildwinds
5 5     Mark Thomas
6 6     Solidus 130, 19 Mar. 2024, lot 1177