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Volume | VI |
Number | 8326 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Berytus |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Elagabalus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAES M AVR (retrograde R) ANTONINVS AVG |
Edition | Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | COL IVL AVG FEL BER |
Edition | col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus) |
Translation | colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus |
Reverse design | front view of temple with four columns with shield in pediment and acroteria along roofline, Nike raising wreath on each corner and Poseidon with Beroe on top; inside,Tyche-Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow of galley, holding stylis and being crowned by Nike standing left on cippus; on either side, genius holding torch; below, two genii on dolphins facing central stairway; below, on either side, cup |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 31 mm |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Sawaya 1704 |
Specimens | 1 (0 in the core collections) |