RPC VI, 8732 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8732 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Aquilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription IVL AQVILIA SEVERA AV(G?)
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Aquilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription COL PTO
Reverse design front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, crowned by Nike standing, left, on small column behind her; in the exergue, altar between caduceus and harpa
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Sofaer 213–4
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Sofaer 213
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 214
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 338, 5 Nov. 2014, lot 196
4 4     V: GR 22371 Rouvier 2398 (under Tyre)
5 5     Holy Land 19, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 270