Roman Provincial Coin Type struck under Elagabalus from Byblus in Phoenicia Joe Shephard supported by a fine-tuned OpenAI GPT-4o mini model Jerome Mairat supported by a fine-tuned OpenAI GPT-4o mini model John Fell OUP Research Fund Jerome Mairat director and editor RPC https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51311/epidoc Licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution 4.0 licence Metal Coin type Byblus 34.119501, 35.646846 Elagabalus

Encoded following the EpiDoc guidelines (https://epidoc.stoa.org), inspired by SigiDoc (http://sigidoc.huma-num.fr), using Unicode for inscriptions.

Data sourced from Roman Provincial Coinage Online: RPC Online (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). A complete list of the epidoc files available can be found at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/epidoc.

 Ancient Greek Latin coin Roman Provincial Coin Type 2025-05-23 15:33:59 Obverse of the coin illustrating this coin type on RPC online: see for more details Reverse of the coin illustrating this coin type on RPC online: see for more details
Imperator Caisar Marcus Antoninus Augustus
Βύβλου ἱερᾶς
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Augustus
of sacred Byblus

laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear

front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle topped by palmette, within which Astarte standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and placing foot on prow; to right, small Nike standing on column, left, crowning her with wreath

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