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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/8733 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 8733 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Phoenice |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Ptolemais |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Aquilia Severa (Augusta) |
Obverse inscription | IVL AQVILIA SEVERA AV(G?) |
Edition | Iul(ia) Aquilia Severa Aug(usta) |
Translation | Julia Aquilia Severa Augusta |
Obverse design | diademed and draped bust of Aquilia Severa, right |
Reverse inscription | COL PTOL |
Edition | col(onia) Ptol(emais) |
Translation | colony of Ptolemais |
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; on each side, statues between columns of the facade, Perseus on the left, Athena on the right. In the lower register, front view of portico with central arch within which standing Zeus(?); below, series of semicircular arches each containing a pellet (quay or fence?) |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 9.81 g |
Axis | 1, 12 |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |