RPC VI, 8293 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8293 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ΓΛΦ = 533
Dating 221/222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΓΛΦ
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 22 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY
2 2     O
3 3     CGT coll.