RPC VI, 8733 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
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?)
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Aquilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription COL PTOL
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.71235
2 2     ✸ LHS Numismatik AG > Auction 100, Apr. 2007, 533