Volume: VI №: 8249 (temporary)

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)

City: Orthosia  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm) Average weight: 6.69 g. Issue: ΒΛΦ = 532 or ΓΛΦ = 533 (220/1–221/2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ[...]; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΟΡΘΩϹΕΩΝ; front view of temple with four columns with arcuated lintel in the middle within pediment, within which Astarte standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting on long sceptre, crowned by small Nike standing on column, left; at her feet, river god swimming, right; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways