RPC VI, 8285 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8285 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Soaemias (Augusta)
Issue BΛΦ = 532
Dating 220/221
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΕΜΙΑϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Soaemias, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΒΛΦ
Reverse design front view of temple of Astarte with arcuated lintel in the middle between two wings with four columns with a pediment each, all within larger pediment; within the central portion, Astarte standing, facing, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre and being crowned by Nike standing on small column at her left; below, stairway, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rouvier 1769
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.12925
2 2     P: B1973 Rouvier 1769.1
3 3     G Hunterian III, 262, 27 = SNG 3289
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72650
5 5     Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 461
6 6     Rouvier 1769.2 = Mi V, 407, 464
7 7     Rouvier 1769.3