Volume: VI №: 8255 (temporary)

Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Severus Alexander (Caesar) Magistrate: Gnesios II (strategos)

City: Orthosia  Region: Phoenicia Province: Syria Phoenice

Denomination: Æ (24 mm) Average weight: 8.11 g. Issue: ΓΛΦ = 533 (221/222)

Obverse: ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹ(ΑΡ) ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ; bare head of Severus Alexander, r.

Reverse: ΟΡΘΩϹƐΩΝ ΓΛΦ; 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, l.; at her feet, river god swimming, r.; in exergue, lighted altar between two stairways